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June 1, 2022 ~ Vol. 92 • No. 22 $1.00

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GaraGe Sale

We will be hosting our first community garage sale. this is open to community to also bring there stuff down and set up a table (there are a few tables that are still available).If you would like a table to sell your garage sale items please call the church 403-563-3537 (Whatever you bring to sell, you are also respsonsible for bringing out when done).

If you would like to volunteer to help, please call 403-563-3537 there will be a BBQ'd hot dogs available for free (lunchtime). the church will have a rolling table set up (meaning that when things sell more will be brought out).

All donations from the Church's earnings will go 50% to Ben, Josh and ronan's Fall YWAM (Youth With A Mission) trip and the other 50% to the local Food Bank.

Come on out for this fun and social event.

Trustees adopt three-year education plan Livingstone Range School Board last week approved the division’s three-year education plan.

The plan is required

by Alberta Education as a guiding document for the school division.

“It’s going to be an interesting and amazing three years in our division,” school board chair Lacey Poytress said.

Superintendent Darryl Seguin provided trustees with a summary of the plan during their May 24 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

The plan outlines Livingstone Range priorities and the goals and strategies to achieve them.

The plan explains assurance, which is how Livingstone Range demonstrates the education system meets the

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Crowsnest Memorial Society Annual Spring Clean Up Where: Blairmore Union Cemetery Date: June 5, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Weather permitting

We need volunteers!.

Bring a hat, gloves and proper footwear and clothing tools needed: We also need wheel barrows, about 3 or 4 of them, whipper snippers, shovels, rakes, hoes, twine. small saws Come on out and spend the afternoon cleaning up this special place.

needs of students.

Seguin began his summary by referencing the school division’s mission, vision and core values.

The mission statement is: “Livingstone Range . . . inspires excellence through meaningful relationships, innovation and collaboration.”

The vision is: “Every student, every day.”

The core values are student-centered, leadership, integrity, wellness, and place-based.

“These are the foundational statements that guide us in our work,” Seguin said.

The education plan outlines the many ways in which Livingstone Range engages its stakeholders.

“The information that we have received from those stakeholder engagements are really important to understanding what it is — besides academics — that are really important to our stakeholders,” Seguin said.

Seguin talked about the various leadership strategies employed by Livingstone Range, including the regional student council, Livingstone Leaders.

Other strategies include the inspiring leadership program for teachers; school-based numeracy and literacy lead teachers; and interschool collaboration days.

“In Livingstone Range we strongly believe that everyone has leadership abilities, and everyone can contribute to the improvement of their school and the school division,” Seguin said.

The plan explains how Livingstone Range works on its culture, including the FNMI staff working committee; elders in schools; the collaborative response in schools with outside agencies; increased family-school liaison counsellors; and experiential learning week.

The education plan explains the school division’s work on academics, the outcomes of which include: • Students have access to enabling, flexible and rigorous learning environments.

• Students are enabled to set, own and achieve their academic goals.

• Schools have structures in place to support all students in being successful.

• Enhanced partnerships with parents and community.

Measures include

diploma exam preparation program; two career practitioners; FNMI success coaches; and early learning programs.

The education plan is full of results of various student testing as well as surveys.

The complete education plan is at www.lrsd.ca.

PEAKS Campus grand opening in September Livingstone Range School Division is planning a party next fall in the Crowsnest Pass.

Trustees set Sept. 28 as the date for the grand opening of the new Placebased Experiences, Adventures, and Knowledge (PEAKS) Campus.

“We are super-excited to share with our constituents and our students this new campus,” trustee Lori Hodges said.

Trustees set the date for the grand opening during their May 24 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

The school division last year acquired the 4.62-acre former Travel Alberta visitor information centre six kilometres west of Coleman on Highway 3 for $725,000.

The facility is to be the site of the FACES program.

In addition to FACES, the property is expected to serve as the site of an environmental education centre, international language centre and a preemployment centre offering certification for first aid, wilderness safety, backcountry touring and more.

Livingstone Range students from across the division will use the site for field trips and outdoor activities.

The board directed its advocacy committee to invite Education Minister Adriana LaGrange and Infrastructures Minister Prasad Panda to the grand opening.

Invitations will also be extended to Foothills MP John Barlow and Livingstone-Macleod MLA Roger Reid.

Crowsnest Pass council, Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce, and the Alberta Southwest Regional Economic Alliance board will also be invited.

Livingstone Range celebrates student art Livingstone Range School Division’s central office will serve as a gallery of student art for the coming year.

Each year, students

from across Livingstone Range submit art for a juried competition.

The winners receive $25 and have their art displayed in the halls of the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Trustees viewed a video of the art during their May 24 meeting.

“I love just being able to celebrate them,” school board chair Lacey Poytress said.

Trustees traditionally host a gala event at central office, but COVID-19 protocols prevented that from happening the past three years.

Trustee Lori Hodges said the video was made available to the schools, where the winners also received recognition.

Twelve of the winning pieces are for sale.

The work of the following students is on display: Clear Lake Colony school — Leane Wipf, Melissa Wipf and Jessica Wipf.

Livingstone Colony school — Jordan Walter, Aaron Walter, Danielle Walter and Zackery Walter.

Pincher Creek Colony school — Amaris Gross, Claudia Gross, Jarome Gross and Tyler Gross.

Spring Point Colony school — Kathleen Walter, Tabitha Walter, Jesiah Walter, Liza Walter, and a piece by all students titled Summer on the Colony.

Crowsnest Consolidated high school — Matthew Gil, Alexandra Topolnisky, Darious Basil Bull-Bear, Emily Goosen, Kaito Nishiyori, Matty Janson, Naomi Brown and Kuria Baillie.

F.P. Walshe school — Shelby Many Fingers, Samantha Gouchie, Madelyn Shaw, Stryder Big Bull, Rilee Huseby, Lydia Orr, Dylan Feyter, Kevin Clark, Joshua Possin, Ciara Shot Both Sides, Breanne Van Herk, Brayden Weasel Fat and Matthew Orr. Horace Allen school — Tegan Peebles, Dominik Gravel, Kabrina Devlieger, Jade Legroulx, Holden Lach, Molly Chambers and Jamie Myers.

Isabelle Sellon school — Brooklyn Eden, Bryar Cytko, Bronwyn Ames, Sophie Wendrich, Cydney Gillard, Nina King, Madi Burton, Grace Gillespie, Jaiven Pedersen, Aidan Bishop, Caitlyn Villarubia, Ava Wajtowicz, Abbi Makin and Natalie Kirkman.

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In the lIne of fIre The following is an overview of the nature of the complaints that the Crowsnest Pass Detachment received for the noted period. Note that the summary indicates what was reported to the police and may not have been substantiated.

On May 23rd, 2022, a complaint of a bear and cubs causing a traffic jam. Vehicles stopped and people were getting out of their of their vehicles to approach the bears. This is not recommended .

Members attended with Fish and Wildlife and scared the bears away.

On May 24th, 2022, a complaint of fail to comply with conditions on neighbors property.

Police attended and a 56 year old male was arrested and lodged in cells overnight and charged with fail to comply. He was released on documents for Court.

On May 25th, 2022, a complaint of an erratic semi driver that was passing on double solid lines on a bridge on Highway 22. The trucking company from the Vancouver area was contacted and advised of a driving complaint. The company was advised and they will deal with the complaint with the driver.

On May 25th, 2022, a police assisted a Community Peace Officer with a possible impaired

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driver. A 30 year old driver from Sparwood appeared intoxicated, they provided a breath sample which resulted in fail, his drivers licence was suspended for 90 days, his vehicle was towed and seized for 30 days. A $1000 fine will be imposed under the Alberta Provincial Immediate Sanctions.

On May 25th, 2022, a complaint of a baby moose that was hit on Highway 3 near the Burmis Tree. Police attended to ensure the mother moose was not around while the baby moose was being removed from the highway.

On May 26th, 2022, a noise complaint at an apartment building in Blairmore. Police attended.

A 21 year old intoxicated male was arrested on other outstanding warrants. Mischief charges are pending. He was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court.

On May 27th, 2022, a complaint of an erratic driver on Highway 3 Coleman, vehicle passing when unsafe. Female driver was located and charged with passing when unsafe.

On May 27th, 2022, a complaint of mischief. Someone let the air out of the tires on five vehicles parked on a side street and alley of 115 street in Blairmore. It occurred overnight of May 26/27.

On May 30th, 2022, on High-

way 3 near the bridge of 136th Street in Blairmore. 3 bighorn sheep were in distress as they were hit on the highway . Police attended . Drivers are reminded to be aware of sheep crossing the highway and in the ditch in this area.

DiD you know?

Elephants are the only mammal that can't jump.

Found tools in Coleman , anyone missing tools please contact RCMP detachment.

Residents be aware of phone scams saying from Border Services that there is a suspicious package for them and possibly warrant for arrest.

Reminder to property owners to lock your doors and vehicles . also mark your belongings and record serial numbers of tools and other important items.

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.

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The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Poor people, get off this world!

Years ago, when the Calgary Flames came to town, we used to have tickets for very good seats. The Saddledome was built, and I calculated we were paying around $70 for the two of us for a game. Recently we asked a friend in Calgary if she went to any playoff games. She replied, the tickets range from $500 to $2400 each, it’s not for us poor people. I remember that the City of Calgary invested a lot of tax money, both federal and local, in the Saddledome that now is doomed to be replaced. Most Calgarians don’t have the money to pay admission but can enjoy visiting the building, viewing the architecture, and taking part in some free shows like dog competitions during the Stampede. God only knows why we were made to pay for the temporary extravagance.

Last week, my wife and I visited our local natural world-class point of interest, Waterton Park. Part of the reason we moved to Crowsnest Pass was the proximity of that park, and we have been visiting it for years. Every year we visit the Prince of Wales hotel. We stayed there, had lunches there, and always bought something at the gift shop. This time there is a ticket booth at the parking entrance with a guy in a kilt asking for $10.50 for parking. People who make minimum wage or seniors on government pensions can’t even enjoy the view from Windy Point by the hotel.

I wonder if Waterton was hit with paying for police as we are. Their police are playing a role in being an attraction in red uniforms. Now the town may have to reconsider if they need a regular police presence.

I heard our Premier on social media in the last two days. He was hit recently by his own party showing that he barely has the support of 50% of the members, and resigned. The next day, he became the interim leader to lead the party until a new leader is elected, which has no deadline. In his recent speech, he talked about finishing what he started securing the future of our energy sector. He is bragging about all the new drilling planned in Alberta. Not a word about doctors, nurses, teachers, farmers, hospitals, long-term care homes, or the rest of us.

I am afraid that the only aspect of Alberta that will survive the present ad-

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ministration will be oil and gas and things related to it. As services decline and the cost of living here increases, we may see a change in the kind of people who choose to live here. Already the north is populated by folks who live somewhere else and only come here to work on oil. Will we see what is happening in rural Alberta happen on a big scale? Will this become a mining planet from a science fiction story? I hope not, but mine is only one little voice.

Now there is a war in Europe. The Europeans already began to work hard and fast on alternatives to oil energy. It will be a pain to transition, but they can do it. As soon as they do, they will export their discoveries to other places and the oil-based economy will correspondently shrink. If Alberta will be an oil and nothing else province, we will play like the Calgary Flames just did.

Every game is a “do or die” and the players are stressed to the max.

Is our world going to be a place for wealthy corporations to compete with each other for domination while the workers produce but have no other life but work? They will be raised for jobs and let go without care when their productive years are finished. The idea reminds me of the stories I read as a boy about slaves. Only now we have much better control and surveillance.

Alberta must work hard now to diversify its economy, improve living conditions and remain an energy hub. Energy is our specialty. Energy skills are transferable. I am scared that we will waste the critical time left to us on beating a dead horse.

Many of those who are rich today and have power over the destiny of most human beings on earth inherited their wealth. It’s easy to see that they differ from those who became wealthy through their own efforts. Their goal is to maintain and increase their power just to retain their advantage. Many despise and fear working people. Hardly any have the advantage of ever being poor themselves having to live by their own wits and work.

The game we play is who will be the boss. Millions of people suffer and die for someone to be the boss and their lives hardly improve. One enemy dies and another two show up. We never accept the simple truths that stare at us for generations. The secret is not a secret at all. We are all one. Just as one finger differs from another, yet they are both one body. This world was created for those who live in it and we are blessed with the ability to improve life here or destroy it.

As long as we fight each other for power, we are heading in the wrong direction.

I remember an old song that had the line, “I owe my soul to the company store.” If all we have to offer is oil, we will survive, but not as the best province to live in. For that, we must do something soon before things change and we find ourselves behind everybody else.

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

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Editorial This week’s editorial is short and sweet. I have a bit of news to impart on you all. I have to take a few weeks off work for a surgery and David has left us as a reporter to go back to university.

We have Dave Thomas, a renowned journalist, doing coverage for us for a few weeks until the start of our new reporter Nicholas Allen joins the team. Nicholas comes to us from Lethbridge College with a diploma in Digital Communications and Media. He is just finishing his work experience at the Lethbridge Herald, starting here in June 6. Like all reporters we will just throw him into the roll, but my guess he will swim rather than sink. He’s originally from Saskatchewan, so this will be a crazy change for him in the mountains.

My in-laws are from Saskatchewan and every time they come down, Gary can’t get his bearing of north and south .... and he’s an engineer as well, so that should tell you a lot.

We run lean here at the Pass Herald so for the next couple of week we may not be open regular hours. It will be hit and miss here, but we will continue to put out a paper. Please be patient with us as we work through my break.

If you have story ideas, please email us here at the Pass Herald, as I will be checking the regularly. If you have a story, again email us and I will see if Dave can cover it. If you have photos take them for us and send them, we will get them in. I promise.

This month we have a number of special issues coming out, our Seniors’ Supplement, our Fishing Supplement and our Special Graduation Supplement. Our month of June is busy and active.

I can’t believe how wonderful the community and advertisers are with this paper. You have come back in droves after COVID and support us back to pre-pandemic levels if not stronger. Without you, we wouldn’t have a community paper.

We would lose the photos and written history of this community I so love.

So here’s to sunshine, a successful surgery and a bright future for my little newspaper that said it could. I look forward to normal. It’s ironic normal seems so blah, that is until normal is all you wish you had.

Talk to you all in a few weeks.

Lisa

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BRICKS - To people who can’t figure out how to angle park on main street Blairmore. Please for the love of parking figure it out.

BOUQUETS - To UROC and members for contiually improving the trail system throughout the Crowsnest Pass. I really believe we have some of the best mountain biking, trail running around.

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Gas Prices ...

Dear Editor, With the price of gasoline having risen by about 40% since January, I came across some interesting facts about the price of gas in other parts

of the world. The prices were given in U.S. CENTS per U.S. GALLON. United Arab Emerats - 9.2 cents Saudia Arabia - 8.7 cents

Kuwait - 10.2 cents Dubai - 9.7 cents.

Venezuela - 14.2 cents Remember this is the cost per GALLON, not per litre.

We in Alberta are paying U.S,$8.50 per Gal-

Baroque in the Mountains Dear Editor, "The Baroque in the Mountains Festival in Crowsnest Pass is an annual event focusing on four intertwined areas of interest: 1) Performing arts, presenting daily formal concerts of music from the baroque and classical periods (between roughly 1600 to 1830) performed on period instruments and showcasing world class artists in this field. These concerts will include chamber music, orchestra, opera and possibly choir as well - depending on partnerships with local arts organizations and musicians; 2) Education, promoting daily classes, rehearsals and activities involving dozens of tuition-paying students from all of Canada and abroad, coming from top music conservatories, as well as informative lec-

tures for local lay persons and newcomers to concert music or historically accurate performance practice.

3) Community outreach which is actually part of the education curriculum and involves numerous concerts in places of social interest such as churches, community centers, nursing homes, hospitals and schools as well as family/children's concerts in Crowsnest Pass and nearby communities.

4) Cultural Tourism, supporting the image of a tourist destination in Crowsnest Pass, inviting outsiders to come and stay in the city, enjoying gastronomy, accommodations, local arts and scenery under the justification of a visit to hear festival concerts. Festival programming is designed so as to invite a longer permanence for visitors,

attending several concerts. Of particular note is the festival's flexibility in regards to funding, size, days, number of students and faculty and ability to reach out to a larger audience.

A first year event might be smaller in order to explore possibilities, with the possibility of growth in subsequent years depending on funding, infra-structure needs and the desire of everyone directly involved in its production.

Our latinamerican festival (FEMUSC, now going to its 18th season) started with an orchestral program but eventually expanded to offer opera, children's programs, string quartets, early music, popular music and other programs as the city grew to absorb the event as one of its main cultural attractions.

lon. ($1.73 per litre X 3.78 litres to a US gallon, plus 30% exchange).

Too bad we're not an oil producing nation!!

HEY!!

WAIT A MINUTE!!

Dick Burgman

The concise strategic plan calls for a) the establishing of a local Board of Trustees, b) the hiring of an Executive Director (for fundraising and grant writing), c) determination of a budget based on the expected revenues from tuition, donations, grants and other sources, d) the creation of a website through which information will be disseminated about the festival, artists, admissions and donations, e) establishment of local partnerships particularly in infra-structure areas such as housing (room&board), performance venues, education and transportation, but also indirect areas of interest where the festival might have a positive impact, including other noncultural events bringing tourists to town such as bike races, climbing groups and others."

Debbie Goldstein

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Gas pipe staged for Phillipps Pass Expansion

TransCanada Pipelines has started expansion of its metering station at Sentinel and laying of a second pipe through Phillipps Pass to British Columbia. Both projects are scheduled for completion late this year.

A stockpile of 48-inch pipe has been staged at the company's ABC metering station at Sentinel for the 5km route through Phillipps Pass. The route alignment, named Western Alberta System Mainline Loop 2 (WASML), heads northwest from the metering station and bends westward behind Mount Tecumseh. It connects at the provincial boundary with the company's BC gas network and export connections to the United States.

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June 7

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Customer Appreciation Day 11501A - 20 Ave, Blairmore, AB

Blairmore Lions are serving burgers at 11 am!

Cupcakes • Draws for gift baskets.

Please join us in celebrating a new business and shopping locally.

Thank you for your help so far in our journey to make our community a better place. ~ The Pharmasave Gang

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Food Emporia Revive Blairmore's West End Commercial District DaviD Thomas Pass Herald Contributor

Already crippled by changed shopping habits, Blairmore's west end business district seemed doomed to commercial oblivion after two years of economic management by government epidemiologists.

Happily, Crowsnest Pass entrepreneurs, including some who had lost their businesses to the dictates of social distancing, are demonstrating resilience and determination. Working independently of each other and without help from government, a vanguard of business startups has been quietly toiling behind paperedover display windows to remake Blairmore's west end. As the lockdown regime withered, the window paper came down to reveal Crowsnest Pass as a fresh destination for browsing food specialties from hot sauces to vegan organics.

The flagship of our new fleet of food stores is The Pantry, about to open in the former West End Confectionary building at the intersection of 20th Ave. and 119th St. After lockdown rules forced an end to the fillyour-own-container bulk foods service, Pantry owner Jasmine McCue put her husband Tony to work on a thorough rebuild of the leaky structure. With the help of many volunteers, walls, roof and floors were replaced. New heating, plumbing and electrical

services were installed.

Reused stainless steel and granite counters were fitted along with new, transparent bulk bins and carpentry fashioned from re-milled wood recovered from the building's partial demolition.

The service model has changed to limit food handling to staff, though customers will still be encouraged to provide their own clean containers. The Pantry's Internet site (www.crowsnestpantry.ca ) opens for online ordering May 30, with in-store pickup. Regular walk-in shopping will start in mid-June.

The Pantry's bulk flours, grains, dried fruits, nuts and nut butters will be joined by new products including made-toorder almond, cashew, coconut and oat milks.

The Veggie Guy will stock a dedicated cooler with his familiar Alberta greenhouse-grown tomatoes and peppers. Blends of organic, fair trade coffees are added to the inventory along with a variety of frozen soups and meals prepared by Country Encounters in Coleman.

Other immediately local products include soaps by Hillcrest Naturals, cleaning solutions by The Bare Company, and tea blends

by Connected Cuppas.

“Affordability is a large part of our philosophy,” says Jasmine. “The rest is feeling good about what you eat thanks to minimal packaging and local sourcing as much as possible.”

Two blocks east, op-

posite the Greenhills Hotel, three long-vacant storefronts invite a return of shoppers. West Canadian Collieries erected the faithfully conserved artsand-crafts style building in 1922 and its first tenant was the F.M. Thompson West End Grocery.

The space has reclaimed its orginal purpose, with the opening of Berta's General Store owned by Matthew Schneider whose local Crowsnest Craft Sodas are also produced on the premises. The name “Berta” evokes a common sloppy pronunciation of Alberta and Matthew scours the province for specialties such as glutenfree mixes for scones, waffles and banana bread, vegan popcorn, organic sourdough breads, dehydrated candy and driedmeat dog treats.

Frida Market is the venture of Gabriella Islas (Gabby), whose previous restaurant of the same name was shuttered by the lockdown hysteria.

Locally produced organic milk (pasteurized but not homogenized) is sourced from Vital Green Farm in Picture Butte. Cheeses and yogurt come from Crystal Springs Cheese of Coalhurst. Raw honey comes from local bees allowed to consume their own production (instead of sugar water). Organic bread is from Fernie's Le

Bon Pain bakery and Gabby's own homemade gelato is offered in several flavors. Natural, freerange eggs and meats are sourced directly from ethically managed farms and ranches in southwestern Alberta.

Gabby's cousin José Esparza, who moved here from Cancún, México (he insists it was not to escape the winter crush of Canadians), is Frida's resident chef. José makes fresh pasta, salsa and sauces, as well as tacos on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Zero waste is a driving principle and any unsold produce is transformed into banana bread, sandwiches and prepared meals for take-home or enjoyment onsite.

“We want this to be a place for the community to connect over good food,” says Gabby.

Neighboring Frida and Berta's is The Guilded Haus, a gift and curiousity shop with a small selection of food specialties, including

Smak Dab gourmet mustards, jams and relishes

by Salt Spring Kitchen, Lannie Ray pancake mixes, Pinky Up teas and alcohol-infused popcorn.

The shop is operated by former Raymond, Alberta dairy farmer Nancy

Schefter who moved to Crowsnest Pass to join her soon-to-retire RCMP member daughter Melanie.

The building's spacious forecourt invites al fresco snacking. Both

Frida and Berta's have outdoor tables waiting impatiently for fine weather and local café society.

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Community Event Update Dave Thomas Staff Writer

John Pundyk.CoM 403

Royal LePage South Country Real Estate Services Ltd.

Darcy's Nature Walk June 11 This year's Darcy's Nature Walk for Mental Wellness will take place Saturday, June 11. Registration will open at 9:15 am at Fireman's Park in Bellevue, with the walk starting at 10:00 am.

There will be a choice of three walks, varying in intensity to accommodate all participants.

The event honors the memory of Darcy and Kelly Rinaldi and promotes mental well-being through outdoor activity.

Pass residents travelling south by air can now secure the required rapid antigen test without leaving town. The new Pharmasave store located in the former Border Building Supplies building offers the whileyou-wait antigen test for $30.00.

U.S.-bound air travellers must provide proof of a negative test within 24 hours of departure time, in addition to Alberta Health evidence of full vaccination.

You must bring your passport to secure a test certificate.

Pharmacist-owner Ravi Sankhavara says personal service is the only way rigidly regulated pharmacies can set themselves apart. The rapid traveller's test is one way the new pharmacy can differentiate itself from the competition.

Ravi settled in Bellevue in 2016 and worked at the former Rexall branch in Blairmore. “I love the Pass and want to serve the community the best way I can.”

The non-pharmacy part of the store is managed by life-long Pass resident Tanya Allsop.

While the pharmacy is now operating, the official opening is June 7. Burgers and drinks will be provided by the Blairmore Lions from 10:00 am. A 20 percent discount will be applied to all non-pharmacy items.

Growing Up in Mid-Century Crowsnest Pass A child's life in mid-twentieth century Crowsnest Pass is recounted by author Duane Radford in his memoir Coal Town Kids to be launched at 3:00 pm July 22 at Crowsnest Pass Public Gallery in Frank.

Born in Blairmore, Radford grew up in Bellevue until 1963. He recalls a diverse immigrant society of hard work and strong community ties from his own experiences and those of contemporaries.

Radford is a well-known outdoors writer of hundreds of articles and nine published books, the most recent being Canadian Outdoor Survival Guide in 2021.

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Looking Back

The Crowsnest Pass Memorial Society is a nonprofit group, registered in Alberta, that encourages adequate maintenance and ongoing improvements to the twelve (yes 12) cemeteries within the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass.

You may or may not have noticed the completion of one of their latest projects last year, that being the south fencing for the Blairmore Catholic Cemetery. The old caragana bushes on the east side facing the highway were stripped out and ornamental wrought iron and concrete post fencing, that matches the west side, was installed. The white cross that sat at the back of the cemetery was sanded down, painted and installed on a new pedestal in the middle of the new east side fence. There will eventually be a plaque in the middle of that pedestal.

Society fund raising and donations and municipal support made that amazing fence happen. The society works closely in concert with the municipality on resolving what they see as issues needing addressed and there are many. The fencing around some ofis these important resting places are in disrepair and mostly are entirely inadequate. So the society it turning its eye towards fund raising for new fencing in places like the Coleman Catholic cemetery.

There are a couple of events the society is working on to that end, one of which will be a 5, 10 and 20 km fun run in and around the second week of September. They are also holding a Name the Fun Run contest for this first annual event. The contest promises a $100 prize for the best name entry and the deadline for entries in June 17th. Details of how to submit your suggestion can be found on the new Crowsnest Memorial Society facebook site that has phone numbers or address information that can be used for phone message or mail in suggestions. The facebook site was put up by new board member Carmellia Saretzky. I will also list those contest contacts at the end of the article. One name that came to mind for me is a play on words and that is the “First Annual Monumental Run”.

The society is also waiting on a license for a 50/50 draw, the proceeds from which will also be used for beautification and enhancement. As I mentioned earlier there are a lot of issues besides fencing that need addressing. There have been society discussions around signage that includes renaming the cemeteries back to their old original names like St. Anne’s and directional signage so that visitors can more readily locate them. As an aside people need to be respectful of our loved ones resting places and not use them as dog parks. Again signage here may be in order.

The municipality has a work in progress right now which is generating a special database of the cemeteries that can be used to allow an easier determination of plots available, existing plots and reserved plots for the public. That database will be converted into a GIS overlay which is a computer layer that can be overlain onto the municipal computerized mapping system.

One of the ongoing projects the society has worked on is headstone stabilization and repair. In August 2020, a partnership between the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Fantin’s Funeral Chapel, and the CNP Memorial Society was established to address the problems detailed in the 2019 report Cemetery Headstone Damage and Risk Assessment. This report was generated by Ian McKenzie and took a lot of work to compile. Part of it included a Top Priority Action List, in order to deal with markers at serious risk or presently a hazard. Generally speaking, funding is provided by the Municipality, expertise and contractor coordination by Fantin’s, and volunteers by the Society.

There were seven monuments that were worked on in 2021 in the Coleman Catholic and Blairmore Catholic cemeteries and this long overdue intervention will continue again this year. The society is always looking for volunteers for this type of work which can be tricky. No one should attempt working with stones of this weight without the able assistance of board member Darrell Sydora. It is a very rewarding experience to step back from a restored stone, placed there usually a long ago. Time and the elements take their toll.

Last summer Ian engaged Vic Bergman for help in some priority work in the Old Blairmore Union Cemetery and Vic has posted a lovely overview of that work with always first rate pictures. It can be found on his website: https://www.vicbergman.com/blairmore-cemetery-repair-work/. One of the stone repairs they worked on was for the sixteen-month-old daughter of Dr. George Henry Malcolmson of Frank, the very first doctor in the Crowsnest Pass. Dr. Malcomson’s daughter Beatrice Margaret contracted laryngeal diphtheria and despite his intervention she did not survive. The good doctor was tasked with digging his own daughter’s grave as the miners, who usually did this work, were on strike.

In 2018 former board member Ian McKenzie had a wonderful guide to our cemeteries published through the Crowsnest Museum. It is 80-plus pages and is chock full of pictures and mini-stories that are an interesting cross-section of those interned. Every single name has a story. Ian summed up why cemeteries matter to us in that book.

He said, “A walk in a cemetery is one of the most peaceful ways to spend a few quiet hours. Nothing much goes on there. But the air his heavy with history, with the echo of lives lived- you can almost feel the laughter and tears, love and hatred, happiness and anger, hope and despair, that people here and everywhere else have experienced. Cemeteries tell the story of how we got to where we are today- they hold the people who went before us, who built and flavoured the houses, towns and institutions that mark us today, and gave us a foundation for the lives we live now.”

The Society is looking for volunteers for their annual work-bee that will be at the Blairmore Old Union Cemetery, Sunday June 5th, from 1pm to 5pm. We will be clearing brush from around headstones which are presently inaccessible or obscured. We will NOT Photos from top: New fence and cross at Blairmore be working on headstones, or cutting trees. Volunteers should bring lunch, Catholic Cemetery, Coleman Catholic Cemetery fence in water, gloves and other protective gear, and loppers, saws or even a chainsaw need of replacement, Joseph Klis marker ready to top- or a wheel barrow, if you have one. Collection of debris from the parking lot ple-Coleman Catholic, Volunteer crew working on Ka- will be done by the Municipality. Come on out and help the society clean up palka headstone in Coleman Catholic, Spectacular this remarkable cemetery. You will find it rewarding.

Reuben Steeves marker needing cleanup For next Sunday I have my eye on the Reuben Steeves marker at Blairmore Union. It badly needs a cleanup of the bushes that have surrounded this beautiful marble marker. Steeves was a self-made businessman who according to McKenzie owned the Imperial Hotel in Frank and the Windsor in Lundbreck as well as a brick yard and was a member of the first village council for Frank. He drowned near Stavely while out duck hunting.

The final word for me on cemeteries as a historian was also nicely described by Ian McKenzie in his final words in his guide book, copies of which are available at the museum. “The real meat and potatoes of our history rests in the lives of its ordinary people; the men, women, and children who quietly built their families and communities, and then passed on into obscurity. Cemeteries offer a supremely democratic cross-section of real stories, large and small, interesting and mundane, humourous and tragic, that together help fill in the wide gaps left by other historical research. There is no better way to understand your community than to research the people who are buried there.”

Authors Note: For Fun Run name suggestions you can contact Irene Shafer at 403-562-8831, PO Box 652 Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0 or Wendy Fabro at 403-563-3394, PO Box 756 Coleman, AB T0K 0M0.

By John Kinnear

Every Marker Has a Story

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Whose community? Whose standards?

DaviD Thomas Herald Contributor

The Gold Medal winner of this spring's Chelsea Garden Show in London was a patch of untamed native grasses evoking a natural landscape fashioned by rather messy beavers. Previous winners of the top prize were always precisely manicured beds of neatly regimented plants native to anywhere but Britain itself. Standards, even those of the venerable Royal Horticultural Society, do change with the times.

If the winning garden

by Rewilding Britain were a residential garden in Crowsnest Pass, it could well attract the attention of a bylaw officer instead of professional acclaim. I know this because my former lawn is now a naturally growing patch of weed-free, unmown grass, with wild roses and native columbines poking up wherever they choose.

And I did indeed get a $300 ticket last July from the municipal bylaw officer for offending the Community Standards Bylaw.

Let me say that the bylaw officer was unfailingly courteous and did offer to drop the matter if I would agree to cut the grass. I declined and the officer duly wrote a ticket under Section 5(k), “unkempt grass higher than fifteen (15) centimetres.”

The case came to Provincial Court in Pincher Creek this past March. Just before the trial was scheduled to

commence, the crown prosecutor advised me that the provincial justice department had revoked the ticket. “The municipality has no business telling people how long to grow their grass,”said the prosecutor. “It should have better things to do.”

Indeed it does: Tending to its own plethora of weed-infested properties might be a start.

The prosecutor was surprised at my mild epithet that greeted his news that the case had been dropped. I pointed to the box of evidence and argument I had prepared in defence of my constitutional right to let grass grow naturally. I was ready to argue, with previous court rulings in hand, that the federal Charter of Rights and Freedoms includes the right to maintain residential properties according to sincerely held personal beliefs and values.

My belief, now widely shared, is that control of weeds and conservation of water is best managed by allowing grass to grow naturally.

Natural management is not neglect; it requires routine physical extraction of the occasional dandelions that do manage to penetrate the dense and healthy grass roots, as well as immediate removal of wind-blown litter.

Crowsnest Pass council was well-intentioned when it adopted the Community Standards Bylaw in 2020. There are surely plenty of unkempt

patches of noxious weeds and fast-food detritus in Crowsnest Pass. Most of these offending properties are owned by the town itself. The town chose instead to bring down the full force of the law upon a private plot of healthy, weed-and-litter-free grass.

Long grass does no harm to others. Noxious and invasive weeds, on the other hand, do cause harm by propagating to other properties. I claim no constitutional right to propagate noxious weeds, which are justifiably banned by the Alberta Weed Control Act because of the economic, social and environmental damage they cause. Kentucky Bluegrass, which is the base species of most lawns, is not on the list of prohibited plants.

The Charter rightly gives Christians and believers of other religious faiths the right to peacefully proclaim and live their values, no matter whose sensibilities they may offend in the process.

That right expressly extends to beliefs that are inspired purely by appreciation of nature -no god required. As long as they do no actual harm to others, we have the right to express our beliefs through our words and our actions.

In a 1986 ruling, then Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada said one purpose of the Charter “is to ensure that society does not interfere with profoundly personal beliefs

Winner of Chelsea Flower Show celebrates messy nature - Photo by Royal Horticultural Society

These neighbors have no complaint about natural grass in the writer's backyard.

that govern one's perception of oneself, humankind, nature, and, in some cases, a higher or different order of being.

These beliefs, in turn, govern one's conduct and practices.”

That precedent was cited in 1996 by Ontario Provincial Court Justice David Fairgrieve when he struck down a Toronto bylaw intended to impose a common standard for residential property: “I think it is apparent that one of the purposes of the by-law, indeed its primary purpose, is to impose on all property owners the conventional landscaping practices

Livingstone Range board meeting cont’d from page 2 Livingstone school — Breanna Clifton, Ainsley Harriott, Victoria Forget, Hailey Reeve, Ella Hollingshead and Emmerson Duff-Meadows.

Matthew Halton high school — Tegan Prout, Nevaeh Big Swan, Jiyah Chawla, Zahara Curly Rider, Alyssa Perrin, Morgan Merkyl, Kate Conley, Rubie Lou, Noa Jessen and Kelley Hilson.

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Trustees get report on inaugural land camp Twenty Livingstone Range School Division students attended the inaugural land-based camp last month.

Matthew Halton school students participated in a five-day experience connecting Indigenous ways of knowing and being with science, technology, engi-

neering, and math.

“We’re super-excited to be able to have this program in our school jurisdiction,” associate superintendent Richard Feller said.

Feller provided a report during the school board’s May 24 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Livingstone Range has been working on the land-based camp the past three years in partnership with ACTUA and the University of Lethbridge.

The land-based camp in Castle Wilderness Provincial Park was part of Matthew Halton school’s Experiential Learning Week in May. Twenty Matthew

Halton students from Grade 7-11 took part in the inaugural land camp.

“It resulted in an amazing experience for those 20 students,” Feller said.

Students were involved in a variety of outdoor activities while taking part in traditional ceremonies and learning.

Blackfoot elders and knowledge keepers shared their stories and cultural history with the group.

Students took part in a tipi-raising, canoeing, hiking, traditional games and fireside cookouts.

They also built miniature replicas of birch bark canoes In addition, students heard about traditional

considered by most people to be desirable, and that one of its effects is to prevent naturalized gardens which reflect other, less conventional values.

The by-law has a direct effect on the appellant's freedom of expression and, in my view, clearly violates s. 2(b) of the Charter.”

Crowsnest Pass should review and revise its bylaw to accomodate the constitutional right to maintain natural vegetation that favors wildlife, impedes the spread of weeds, conserves water and negates the need for chemical application and power mowing.

The Community Standards Bylaw should go a bit further and recognize that we have many belief communities in Crowsnest Pass and that they each have a constitutional right to express their profoundly held values insofar as they do not infringe upon the legal rights of others.

There is, by the way, no constitutional right not to be offended, whether by a church crucifix or by the length of a neighbor's grass. Not even if you are a crusty aethiest like me, nor if you are like the nice Crowsnest Pass lady who punctiliosly vacums her carpet-cut lawn.

medicine, smudging, spirit plates, tobacco offerings, traditional stories and had opportunities each night to reflect upon their learning.

The land camp was led by place-based learning supervisors Jason Clifton and Joel Gamache.

Feller, along with trustees Carla Gimber and Greg Long, attended the land camp’s opening ceremonies.

“It was a fantastic opportunity to be there, to listen to our elders and knowledge keepers impart some of those important learnings,” Feller said.

ACTUA, which works to bring science, technology, engineering, and math into communities and support Indigenous learners, has committed to long range

funding for the landbased camp.

Feller said ACTUA is hopeful Livingstone Range can expand the program to includes other schools in the jurisdiction.

“I would love to see all students do it if they could,” trustee Lori Hodges said.

Feller said the organizers are discussing ways to offer the land camp to more students, and possibly hold one camp for each of the four seasons.

Superintendent Darryl Seguin said the landbased camp is part of Livingstone Range’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.

“This is a really good example of how we demonstrate and hold to our value this work,” Seguin said.

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