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December 1, 2021 ~ Vol. 91 • No. 48 $1.00

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Ready for Christmas

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Volunteers braved the winds on Saturday to prepare the Gazebo for the Tree Lighting and Santa event to be held on Friday, December 3rd. Wreaths and lights were placed all around the gazebo and will be lit for the first time Friday. Santa will be in the gazebo park from 6-8 ready for photos care of the Pass Herald.

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Million Lights Festival in Bellevue Bellecrest Association runs the Festival Saturday, December 4

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Bellevue will once again be lit up for all to enjoy again this Christmas season.

The Million Lights Festival will be taking place again this year with the entire main street of Bellevue being lit up.

Thanks to the Bellecrest Community Association, the festival will once again run this year on Saturday, December 4th.

Residents will be able to head to Bellevue and take in all the hard work that goes into making Bellevue merry and bright.

Chair of the Bellecrest Community Association, Belle Kovach, says this will be the sixth year the festival will run but adds lights have been put up on the streets for much longer than that.

"The Festival of Lights itself has been run-

ning for six years. We've been building on it every year as well. We have been putting lights up on the streets since the 1990's."

Kovach says putting lights up in Bellevue started back then due to the state the town was in.

"That started because Bellevue was in very bad shape then. There were very few buildings actually occupied.

We thought that if we lit the outlines of the buildings it would really improve our Christmases and it did."

The lights are organized and put up by the Bellecrest Association and Kovach says volunteers are a big help to getting the lights ready.

"I chair the committee and have for a number of years. The festival is a Bellecrest project. We call upon our volunteers and hope that they come forward. This year I have

three men that have been steady and helping every day. I have two women as well that have come out when they are able to help. The three men who are helping are all between the ages of 70-78."

Kovach says she is very grateful for all the work the volunteers do.

"The volunteers are the best. They're a big part of this. We couldn't do it without them."

This year's festival will be held in Bellevue on December 4th from 46pm.

The festival will include hot dogs and hot chocolate, a scavenger hunt and fun games, a craft table at the Legion and will also include live entertainment by the Red Ravens Performing Artists Society.

Santa will also be at Connected Cuppas beginning at 5pm for kids to visit.

Kovach also says part

of the festival will be showcasing the businesses in Bellevue.

"We want to showcase the few businesses we do have in town. We have two new ones and we actually have three building that will be occupied starting in the spring."

The lights for the festival each year are mostly donated.

Kovach says the Bellecrest Community Association does receive some funding through one grant from the Ag Society but that the large majority of their lights are received by donation.

Kovach adds that that are always looking for more donations of lights to keep this festival going in the future.

If you are unable to make it out to the festival, Bellevue will continue to be lit up throughout the Christmas season for residents to enjoy.

Teck Donates

Pictured above l-r: Kayleigh Montgomery, Mariah Besplug, Kris Geekie, Matt Cole, Bonnie Linderman, Rory O’Connor, Joan Koinberg, Craig Bishop and Niamh Murphy, The Crowsnest Pass Health Foundation is once again humbled by the generosity of Teck Coal. On November 25, 2021 representatives from Teck presented the foundation with a cheque in the amount of $61,625. The foundation is thrilled to be able to put these funds towards the staff education room, patient TVs, padded commode chair, wound vac, wall BP/Otoscope unit and patient scales.

Christmas Card Drive This year I am very excited to join Christmas Card Drive 2021. This was introduced to me by a good friend in Lethbridge Penny and her daughter Nikki. They are the ladies that started this special event.

What is the Christmas Card Drive 2021? The Christmas Card Drive 2021 is spreading cheer to our seniors by simply sending them a card to brighten their holidays.

I posted on Facebook and asked friends and family to each make or buy some cards and to write a nice greeting to them to enjoy and had them drop off the cards at Copymagic. I will pick up the cards on Nov 30 so that I can start handing them out to our seniors.

I also included the Horace Allen school as well as Isabelle Sellon school and asked them if they could make pictures or cards for our first responders. It's always nice to involve the children in our community to spread cheer.

I would like to thank all who participated in this event and I'm over the moon excited by our amazing community and students.

Merry Christmas to you all and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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In the lIne of fIre Between November 22 and November 29, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 38 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

One (1) assault, two (2) threat/harassment, one (1) theft, one (1) impaired driving, one (1) other criminal code, four (4) other provincial statutes, seven (7) driving complaints, eleven (11) motor vehicle collisions, two (2) assistance to general public, four (4) suspicious occurrences, two (2) assistance to other agencies and two (2) lost and found.

Theft On November 22nd, 2021, there was a complaint of theft of monies from a non-commercial place in Blairmore. The theft is under investigation.

Threats On November 23rd, 2021, there was a complaint of uttering threats by an unknown person.

The issue was over dogs being off leash. A reminder to residents that their dogs need to be on leash when not on private property under municipal bylaw.

Erratic Driving On November 24th, 2021, there was a complaint of an erratic driver on highway 3. The vehicle was stopped and a 37-year-old driver from Airdrie provided breath samples which resulted in fail. She was given an immediate roadside suspension for 90 days and her vehicle was towed and seized for 30 days. A $1000 fine will be issued.

Hit and Run On November 27th, 2021, there was a com-

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plaint of a hit and run to a building in Coleman. A large transport truck was located the next day. The driver returned to scene and provided his insurance information.

Harassment On November 27th, 2021, there was a complaint of an intoxicated person harassing customers at a gas station in Blairmore. The male subject was located and given a ride home to his residence in Bellevue.

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 residents and owners of PETS, do NOT leave your pet in vehicles in the extreme heat, it could be extremely fatal to

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Education, science and religion Education, Science, and Religion.

When I was little and on the farm, I saw more animals than people. Animals lived life reacting to what the world did with them. Farm animals waited for humans to decide their fate and wild animals did some things instinctively to help themselves. It was in Israel and we had lots of sheep. Domestic sheep seemed to have very little initiative of their own. Years later I learned the Bible and in it, there was talk about lambs or “Peter, feed my sheep.” I realized that there are two kinds of people, shepherds, and sheep.

Strangely, the shepherds are not always about taking care of the sheep. Many of them are living to compete with each other and only care about the sheep as a commodity.

The humans, who are sheep, learned over a long time to fend for themselves to some degree. First, it was by developing religions that competed against each other, and lately by using science, which is the learning of how the world works. In the last five hundred years or so, our present civilization decreased its interest in religions and reinvested it in science. Sadly, the vast knowledge of spirituality was lumped into one category and found itself competing against science. People either believed in religion, even the parts that made no sense to many, or science that now often is divided against itself, as religions used to be, and still are.

Religion and science became tools in the hands of the competing shepherds and both strove to keep the sheep busy working to stay alive, with no time or means to contemplate the big picture. However, necessity and increasing population brought some great advancement to the general population, the sheep. With that came easier life, to some, and exploitation of resources that should belong to all future generations. The competing shepherds or leaders only care about winning the game they are playing now. At the same time, the common people, now exposed to science, began to assess the ongoing situation and do what only religions used to do, considering where all this is leading us. Will we even have a future in the world?

Learned people banded together and began questioning what the leaders were doing. The religions for different reasons also entered the fray. Some wished to follow the examples told in the ancient books literally, while others joined science to preserve a future for humanity. They call it stewardship of God’s gift, the world.

Science, now treated as a new religion, became the target for the leaders of some

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industries and big businesses. They sought to devalue its influence upon the common people. Around 1995, a new theory was popularized, advocating living in one’s own reality. Around the year 2000, we saw people denying the thing we call reality and believing something else. First, a few youths believed they were the opposite gender, (without biological justification) creating uproar and it expanded. Fake News became a legitimate industry propelling people to fame.

It pitted science against Alternate Reality. What used to be fiction became “other people’s reality.” The “truth” became an option resting on “beliefs.” Creationism, Intelligent design, Anti-vaccination, Holocaust revisionism, Police conspiracy, Alternative medicine, No Global Warming, Flat Earth movement, and thousands of other ideas became Skeptical Movements, according to Michael Shermer author of Heaven on Earth.

Margaret Atwood tells about a child that had a monster under the bed. Nothing could convince him otherwise. She told him that if you place a cabbage at exactly this spot, the monster can’t come out. He slept wonderfully.

Between March and September in 2020, 200,000 Americans died from COVID-19 and people were not vaccinating. In Canada, there was a shortage of vaccines, so a much higher rate accepted the vaccine, saving countless lives.

Until a short time ago, people refused to believe that there is Global Warming especially here where we sell fossil fuels. When we saw the outcome and evidence, North Americans pretended that there is nothing we can do, therefore can’t change. Now when we realize the cost of not acting, and we begin to see that money can be made on changing to clean energy, options are changing.

We are left with a new thriving industry that makes people popular by producing and selling fake news and alternate realities. Reality shows make large profits and politicians win elections by fighting against science. Newspeople ride the wave by giving the imagined realities, what they call, equal time. Logic is no longer a decisive force, but another option. The scientists that we educate and employ must waste time arguing against irrational forces, while lives and property are being destroyed.

Any of us can get a thriving platform by selling falsehoods on Social Media. If the lie we tell is what people who hide from the truth want to hear, it goes viral. Yet, the universe is going as it should. Stars follow their paths, the weather follows atmospheric conditions, viruses mutate and evolve to increase their chance of survival, and the sheep….graze and give wool, meat, and milk. The shepherds only care about the growth of their business. The few who care are drowned in the crowd of those who don’t.

As a child, I watched the sheep milling around, getting organized by a dog, and heading to the mountain to graze. At night, they came home. They never questioned the shepherd. People study the world through science and religion, attempting to improve their situation. The leaders sometimes want to help and improve, or only want to compete with other leaders. At this point, there is only one option left. Let nature reduce the herd or take control, use knowledge, and direct action in the right way.

The right way is to care for all sheep and use their united power to gain a future.

We took the knowledge and we have no choice but to use it.

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Bellevue Seniors’ Christmas Party

The Bellevue Seniors were able to enjoy their Christmas Party at the Bellevue Legion. The party included live music and snacks for everyone to enjoy as they visited.

John Kinnear photos

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Editorial This year the Pass Herald has seen a lot of support from the community. We have seen such amazing support from the public and our advertisers that I honestly feel it’s our turn to give back to the community.

It started with our COVID grad special edition. I can’t tell you how proud I am of that edition. These kids in our community were thrilled to have a keepsake. Almost every grad sent me a message or stopped me thanking the paper for making their grad as special as possible under the extreme circumstances.

I had the privilege of working with Brandy Fehr with the Chamber of Commerce who reminds me of myself ten years ago, full of ideas, creativity and enthusiasm. She’s a rock star. She reinvigorated me and I can’t image working with anyone else in this communiy. Her work ethic and brilliance are infectious.

I must say that I am a huge proponent of shopping locally. I practice what I preach. I don’t do big box and when I go to the post office, which I due daily, it makes me sad to see all the Amazon boxes and I wonder how many of them could have been bought locally.

The Chamber has been running a ‘Shop and Eat Local Passport’. You can get the passport from here in the paper and you can stamp every purchase of $10 or more you do in the community to win prizes. The stamps can be done up until December 17. With every passport returned to the Chamber, Teck will donate $5 to the local food bank up to $2500.

The one thing COVID has done is show the resilience of the businesses in this community and how the people in it support them.

To finish off the year I decided after a great afternoon conversation with Brandy to head up a COVID Christmas Santa photo night. The kids in the community need a chance to feel something normal.

I asked my oldest son Keiran to dress up as Santa and sit in the Blairmore Park in the Gazebo for photos. When I asked this 23 year-old man to volunteer his response was, “absolutely mom”.

If you remember he was a lifeguard and instructor for many years so his rapport with kids is amazing. Last year it was virtual Santa with Aiden, this year it’s in person Santa with Keiran.

My boys make my heart sing.

So this is how it works. It’s first come first served and Santa will be in the Gazebo from 6-8 pm. The children can sit on the steps and have a photo with Santa. You can either take your own photo or our photographer John Kinnear will and we will email you the photo. You can then print it at Copy Magic. I’ve never been so proud to be part of this community. We ask that you donate to the CNP Food Bank instead of a fee.

I’ll be there for a bit but Quinn has his home hockey tournament in Pincher Creek and I have to work volunteer shifts and one of them is that night. Trust me I’d rather watch your children with Santa then run a score clock; my plate is full with acitvities for my boys.

I’ll end this with a Merry Christmas from the Pass Herald and thank you to John Kinnear, because he really is the best photographer I know.

We are lucky to have that man dedicated to the business. If I took the photos I guarantee you they wouldn’t be the same caliber.

I hope to see you all out and about shopping locally for the Christmas season. If we support each other we all win!

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I am a bereaved parent Dear Editor, I am a bereaved parent.

I know all too well how difficult the holidays are when you lose a child or grandchild.

You will have moments of realization that your loved ones won’t be joining you ever again and your emotions will be raw and unbearable.

They ease up with every passing year but will never go away.

Grief is like waves, they come crashing

down on you when you least expect it.

The triggers are everywhere, a certain song, games you played, a person who looks like your child, opening presents, the list goes on and on and it catches you off balance.

Most grieving parents find support from family and friends, they gradually find ways to cope with their loss.

Talking about your loved one brings great healing.

However, having

said that, they don’t quite grasp the fullness of your emotional torment like someone who has been through it.

There are also those who don’t have anyone or anywhere to turn to for healing.

I am here for you.

If you need support this holiday season please don’t go it alone or be hesitate to call me, I am hear to listen and support you fully.

I am not alone, I have met others along

the way who went through the same process as myself, who would be more than happy to meet together as a group.

I can arrange a meeting at MD Center or just meet one on one, if preferred.

I also have a beautiful memory box, on behalf of Compassionate Friends to give you for those precious memories to be cherished.

Rose Gail

The Oldman’s goin’ down Dear Editor, Alarmingly, 2021 appears likely to emerge as the hottest year in Alberta’s recorded climatological history, and the upper Oldman River, plagued by drought throughout the past year, is shockingly low.

Unexpected gifts from heaven have injected a faint glimmer of autumn hope. Two significant rainfall events, one at the end of October, another in November, have provided a brief, schizophrenic touch of relief to the upper Oldman as it flows through the Livingstone Range at The Gap … and to the Crowsnest (formerly the

Middle Fork of the Old Man), but have failed to bump flows in the hungry headwaters of the Castle (formerly the South Fork of the Old Man).

The current volume of water in the Crowsnest River, while barely covering the river’s rocky bed, exceeds (according to Alberta Environment) that of the Castle River, … and the flows of all the upper Oldman’s tributaries remain critically low.

Recent rainfall, while cherished and celebrated where it has occurred, has not fallen equitably throughout the Oldman’s dry, desiccated

Bio for David McIn-

land he loves in the storied headwaters of southwestern Alberta’s Oldman River. He has passionate interest—and knowledge—in diverse natural history disciplines, and is a strong advocate for the longrange economic and ecological worth of intact landscapes. David holds a MSc from the College Of The Environment, University of Washington, and, for decades, led multi-day study tours for the Smithsonian Institution—via hiking and whitewater rafting trips—throughout the US West and the Canadian Rockies.

David lives on the

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headwaters landscape.

Drought-ravaged croplands, critical winter rangelands, and Alberta’s fire-prone matchstick forests, chronically thirsty, beg for more.

Autumn flow rates in the upper Oldman River, hugging and falling beneath benchmark lows, are frightening, and climatologists predict ever-decreasing flows.

The picture: beyond deeply disturbing.

The Oldman, wounded, bleeding, and running-on-empty, cries out for help.

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Simply Selles Musings from your local reporter A couple years ago (can’t believe it’s been that long) I volunteered to coach the junior high boys basketball team at the high school.

I had a great time coaching these student athletes.

Once Covid hit, school sports weren’t allowed for a long stretch of time so my coaching hat was hung up for a while.

This year, school sports are again in full swing and I’m coaching the Junior and Senior Varsity boy’s basketball teams.

I’m really looking forward to coaching the team this year.

I had a lot of fun coaching the first year I did it and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do as a team this year.

There are also a couple kids from the first year I coached that have continued to play and I’m happy to see them still interested in the sport of basketball.

Coaching an older group of students so far has been enjoyable for me.

It makes for a bit busier of a schedule but overall its fun to be with a group of students that have continued to be passionate about the sport since their elementary and junior high days.

I’m also grateful to have an assistant coach this year to give me a hand in coaching the 18 kids that showed up to our first practice.

I’m not sure I would be able to handle all 18 on my own.

Overall, we have a couple different tournaments and then our league games this year.

Of course, we are hoping to make it into Zones and Provincials this year as well in March.

I’m confident this team will put in the necessary work to ensure we have the best chance at a successful season and I can’t wait to see where this season takes us.

The Guilded Haus New home decor business in Blairmore

DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

A new business has opened its doors in the Crowsnest Pass.

The Gilded Haus is located on main street Blairmore across from the Green Hill.

Mother and Daughter Co Owners Nancy and Melanie opened The Gilded Haus as a way to share their love on interior decorating with customers.

Nancy says the store offers mostly home decor items.

"It's a home decor store and a gift boutique. We like to decorate so this is all right up our alley."

The original decision to open a store was a combined idea by both Nancy and Melanie.

"I'm retired and my daughter always wanted a little store so we decided to do it," said Nancy.

Nancy also says the decision to open the store in the Crowsnest Pass was an easy one as both Nancy and Melanie live here.

"My daughter works here and is going to retire next year. She moved here for her job and brought my grandkids with so when I retired I moved here as well.

There was also nothing like this in the Pass."

Nancy says there is new stock in the store on a regular basis.

"Come see what we have. We have new things arriving all the time. There's always something new.

We're always getting new stuff in so people need to keep coming back to see what new things we have for sale."

Currently, The Gilded Haus store hours are Wednesday and Thursday, 11:00am-4:00pm, Friday and Saturday, 11:00am-6:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm4:00pm and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Nancy says they are still feeling out their current hours and some changes may come in the future.

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Livingstone Range School Division board update FRANK MCTIGHE Contributor

School division to develop vaccination status plan Livingstone Range School Division is proceeding cautiously in developing a COVID-19 vaccination status and testing plan for staff.

In a tight 4-3 vote Nov. 23 the school board directed administration to develop a policy and implementation plan.

The decision followed an impassioned discussion on a topic trustees indicated was downloaded on them by the province.

Trustee Brad Toone said rather than making a decision, government officials have left it up to 61 individual school jurisdictions to set their own poli-

cies.

“They talk about cutting red tape,” Toone said of recent government initiatives. “This is the epitome of red tape.”

Trustees were presented with a recommendation that administration be directed to develop a COVID-19 vaccination status and testing for harm reduction policy at their Nov. 23 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

This plan is to take into account “reasonable” timelines, time spent with students, and the requirement of vaccination status disclosure, or for those not fully vaccinated, regular proof of a COVID-19 negative test.

The policy would not apply to students.

“This is something obviously we’ve been dealing with the last couple of years and it has impacted our ability to operate our schools,” superintendent Darryl Seguin said.

Livingstone Range has recorded COVID-19 cases in its schools since the beginning of the new term in both students and staff.

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange wrote school boards early in October strongly encouraging them to develop a policy.

“That’s why this is coming before the board today,” Seguin said.

School board chair Lacey Poytress said the issue is a difficult one, encompassing personal and medical information, employment and safety of students, staff and parents.

“We’ve got a lot of really passionate e-mails, letters and phone calls,” Poytress said. “It’s a really difficult position that we’ve been put in.”

Livingstone Range is gathering information from many sources to inform its own decision, including Alberta Health Services, lawyers and other school boards.

School board vicechair Greg Long asked whether a target date should be added to the motion to provide administration with a timeline.

Poytress was against setting a date, not wanting administration to be unnecessarily rushed.

Trustee Clara Yagos favoured a timeline, saying administration has all the information it needs to build a recommendation.

Seguin suggested a recommendation could be

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“Certainly by that time I could have everything together in a presentation for you,” Seguin said.

Long proposed a friendly amendment to the motion to set Dec. 14 as the date for administration’s presentation.

“I think we’ve left our students, our staff, and our parent stakeholders in limbo long enough,” Long said.

Toone and trustee Carla Gimber opposed setting the Dec. 14 date.

“This situation and environment is rapidly changing,” Gimber said.

“I think we’re putting an unrealistic expectation on our administration if we are setting a specific date.”

Yagos said the board and central office staff discussed the topic extensively and administration has indicated they could be ready by Dec. 14.

“I do think that we are going to have to come to some decision,” Yagos said, adding there is no benefit to waiting. “It’s not going to go away. I think we should come to a decision.”

Yagos said once a decision is made, it can be updated as new and different information comes forward.

“I think we have to move forward,” Yagos added. “We just can’t be saying nothing about it and doing nothing about it.”

Poytress argued that Livingstone Range has not been ignoring the issue.

“We have been doing our due diligence,” Poytress said. “We have not left our students and staff in limbo. Our schools are safe places.”

Poytress favoured leaving the direction open-ended. If administration is ready, the presentation can be added to the Dec. 14 agenda.

Trustee Lori Hodges agreed.

“I want to make sure that everybody is comfortable with it,” Hodges said.

Long’s amendment to the motion to include the Dec. 14 date was defeated.

Poytress said trustees are in a difficult position because they value everyone who works for Livingstone Range in any capacity.

Trustees voted 4-3 to have administration develop a policy and procedure, with Toone, Gimber and Joscelyn Stangowitz opposed.

“This is hard,”

Hodges said. “It’s really hard. This is probably one of the hardest conversations we’ve ever had.”

School division spends $2-M on facility upgrades Livingstone Range School Division spent just over $2-million over the past year to upgrade its facilities.

Trustees reviewed the 2020-’21 infrastructure maintenance and renewal (IMR) report during their Nov. 23 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

“IMR is a specific funding element that allows us to do some larger projects within the jurisdiction and maintain our schools in a proactive approach,” associate superintendent of business services Jeff Perry said.

The provincial government provides each school division with IMR funding each year.

Perry and facilities coordinator Greg Gorzitza presented the report to trustees, explaining the IMR budget for 2020-’21 was $2.29-million.

“Although we have a plan approved by the board at the beginning of the year, sometimes the plan has to be altered based on things that come up,” Perry said.

Projects that are not completed are carried over to the following year, or discarded if they are no longer necessary.

IMR projects that were carried out in 2020’21 included: A.B. Daley school in Nanton — Gym lighting, $9,874; fire alarm mapping, $641.

J.T. Foster school in Nanton — Front door security, $10,960; hall floors, $2,597; exterior light upgrade, $635; fire alarm mapping, $624.

Stavely school — Gym project and sound, $36,720; A/C installation in server room, $13,817; fascia replacement, $13,329; fire alarm upgrade, $3,256; fire alarm notification, $2,489; gym ceiling repairs and acoustics, $1,788; classroom security and access pilot, $1,214; fire alarm mapping, $1,609; front door security, $481.

West Meadow school in Claresholm — Gym upgrade, $31,209; front door security, $11,662; interior mag locks, $388; fire alarm mapping, $225.

Willow Creek Composite in Claresholm — Front door security, $17,378; fire alarm mapping, $226.

Granum school —

Fire alarm panel study, $17,005; front door security, $6,046; fire alarm mapping, $624.

W.A. Day school in Fort Macleod — Front door security, $27,305; parking lot lights, $14,298; boiler inspection, $12,351; drainage and paving, $9,451; flooring, $8,183; handi-lift replacement, $2,039; fire alarm mapping, $850.

F.P. Walshe school in Fort Macleod — Front door security, $64,980; boiler inspection, $18,395; flooring, $7,242; alarm notification system, $4,401; fire alarm mapping, $850.

Matthew Halton school in Pincher Creek — Locker replacement, $76,986; gym upgrades, $43,845; bathroom upgrades, $32,180; exterior light upgrade, $24,694; entrance, custodial room upgrades, $14,593; roof replacement, $9,847; front door security, $8,549; classroom upgrade, $8,902; lighting controls, $3,313; fire alarm mapping, $2,147.

Canyon school in Pincher Creek — Washroom upgrades, $378,016; gym upgrade, $30,610; camera upgrades, $4,332; flooring, $2,092; countertops, $1,992; alarm notification system, 1,841; air distribution study, $57; fire alarm mapping, $850.

Livingstone school in Lundbreck — Bathroom upgrades, $300,597; roof replacement, $109,728; locker replacement, $74,163; interior lighting upgrade, $21,377; A/C unit, $15,240; front door security, $4,744; alarm notification system, $2,132; door upgrades, $1,109; fire alarm mapping, $850; exterior light upgrades, $468; window upgrades, $209.

Horace Allen school in Crowsnest Pass — Kitchen upgrades, $93,181; gym upgrade, $10,663; front door security, $7,107; bathroom upgrades, $4,836; gym upgrade, $3,981; paving, $3,106; exterior lights upgrade, $1,899; flush valve upgrade, $1,413; score clock upgrade, $88.

Isabelle Sellon school in the Crowsnest Pass — Replace asphalt roadway, $24,291; roof replacement, $$7,938; gym roof replacement, $6,817; valve control replacement, $3,766; boiler replacement, $3,464; front door security, $3,293.

Crowsnest Consolidated school — Gym flooring and doors, $86,353; A/C replacement in server room, $11,646; fire alarm mapping, $842.

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Christmas holidays are a time to spend time with family and loved ones, but they also often resurrect the memories of those no longer with us.

Serving as a token of memory for loved ones who have passed, the Crowsnest Pass Hospital Auxiliary is selling ornaments for their annual Tree of Hope, which has been an ongoing project for over 32 years.

“It’s to remember their loved ones and then to help with things at the hospital. We like to be able to give back to the hospital,” says Margaret Woodward, chairperson of the Crowsnest Pass

Hospital Auxiliary.

Set up in the atrium of the Crowsnest Pass Health Centre, the Tree of Hope is decorated with ornaments inscribed with loved ones’ names.

The tree goes up in December and in January when the tree is taken down, people can bring their ornament home as a keepsake or leave it at the tech shop to donate towards and put up the next year.

Ornaments can be purchased for a $5 minimum and all proceeds go back to the hospital or the extended care unit to purchase items that aren’t covered by grants and that can’t fit into the hospital budget.

Over the years, the

auxiliary has purchased chairs, televisions, kitchen appliances, clocks.

The Crowsnest Pass Hospital Auxiliary has been in existence for 70 years, since April 1950.

In addition to the Tree of Hope, they host three bake sales throughout the year and operate the tuck shop in the hospital’s atrium.

Due to Covid-19, donation slips for the Tree of Hope Ornaments for 2020, can be found in the paper.

Slips can then be mailed to Jean Makin at PO Box 152, Hillcrest Alberta T0K 1C0.

Please make sure you mail in the names of your loved ones with the do-

nation slips.

E-transfer is also accepted and can be sent to cnpasshospaux@gmail.c om.

The security question answer will be christmastree.

There is a message box there where you can type in your loved ones names that you want on the Christmas balls.

The Crowsnest Pass Hospital Ladies Auxiliary will also be at Christmas in the Mountains Market on November 28th from 10am-4pm selling knitting and other items and will also have Tree of Hope Donation slips.

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Personalized wrapping paper Instead of buying giftwrap at the store, create your own with a few simple things you already have on hand. Start with brown craft or butcher paper. Make stamps out of potatoes by cutting a spud in half, firmly pressing into it with a holiday cookie cutter (like a Christmas tree), and then cutting around the cutter to ensure the shape protrudes. Finally, dip in paint and stamp all over the paper for a handmade look.

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1. Reuse and recycle giftwrap.

Wrapping paper, ribbon and bags can really add up when you have a longer list of people to shop for. Get creative with some recycled wrapping, like using the comics section from the newspaper or colouring leftover scrap paper. You

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2. DIY festive decorations.

Get the kids involved and spend an afternoon in a local park or forest collecting items to make ornaments. You can spray paint pinecones in merry colours and use fallen evergreen branches and twigs to place on side tables or your dinner table.

3. Swap your sparkly lights.

Twinkling lights around the tree and lining your home’s exterior are always magical. But

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CCHS Creative Writing For the nightmares he seeks will visit him instead.

Pitch black inside his little room, It’s in the corner now that I loom.

She Longed.

Hearing my pen scratch the paper, he looks my Longed for the cool breeze across her skin, now way, My eyes lock with his and it’s terror I display. a stale silence sat in the air.

Before I write his story’s end, Longed for the lively luscious trees, now skele- He screams in agony at the flesh I rend. tal arms reaching out to grab innocent by- Now I’m off to find another poor soul, Who’s lost their way down the rabbit hole. standers on a stroll.

LONGING

by Rhylee Duff

Longing for the golden sun rays to embrace her, now caught in a raw bitter void.

--------------------Peaceful Getaway

by Lilou Gravel

Longed for the soft green grass tickling her skin, now caught up in a hard uncomfortable Laying in silence, nothing but nature around us.

A book in each of our hands. Peaceful getaway, ditch. just us and our books. Nobody disturbs us here.

She longed for someone, anyone or anything of The sky darkens as the moon creeps above the treetops. We move from our spot on the ground comfort. into our tent, lit by my lantern where we will sit, with a book in each of our hands, turning pages But nothing longs for the dead girl in a ditch. as the moon rises to its peak.

-----------------------------------------DOWN BELOW MORNINGS

by Tiana Hamilton

by Charisse Ramos Her eyes were indigo like the ocean, and although they looked calm, they hid the most Morning dew drops down on the soft soil of the treacherous of storms deep below the surface. woodlands. Light shone through the thick deThe eyes are the windows to the soul, but if they ciduous trees, illuminating the gentle figures of were truly windows, why couldn't anyone who sleeping wildlife inhabiting these forests. Slowly gazed upon them see her pain, bubbling to the but surely, each species of creature awakens to surface? He said her eyes were like the ocean, a new day. And as eyes flutter open, they glance as no matter how hard he tried to paddle away to see the awe-inspiring spectacle that is the from them, he always found himself too far to morning dawn. not be lost in. She could never grasp the concept on what made her sea-green eyes so mes- ------------merizing, for just when she thought they looked DEFIANCE AND DEATH calm, a nasty storm clouded them as if they by Peyton McAuley were merely a pond. The pain she had tucked (excerpt) away for so long finally bubbled past her ducts and spilled past those ocean eyes. That seem- Hope hummed as she brought the porcelain to ingly calm ocean was drowning her, and those her black lips. “So?” She repeated Cal’s own words back to him, “‘So’ what? What is it, eyes followed suit. dear?” Hope gazed down into the earthy, milk---------------stained drink in her cup. The corners of her DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE mouth curled into a smile as the steam washed

by Quinn Douglas over her dead, chilled skin.

“Why’d you turn ‘im away?” Cal asked. “I Down the rabbit hole, little James goes, thought you liked the boy.”

Where will he end up? Nobody knows.

“I do,” she hummed.

With brand new stories, he reads at night, “So why?”

He becomes filled with dread and fright.

Hope paused, then huffed, “He’s looking for deSitting at his desk, eyes glued to the screen, fiance, Cal. He’s tired of grovelling at someone Fixated on all the horror he’s seen. else’s feet. He wants to live for himself.”

Every night, it’s the same routine, “But he wanted help-” Reading new tales while drinking caffeine.

“And who would I be to tell him what to do? He He reads and listens all alone in the dark, asked for my help because he’s just a boy. He With no pets around to yap and bark. doesn’t understand that asking a goddess to He scrolls along with bated breath, tell him how to stop listening to the gods isn’t Hearing tales of beasts and death.

It’s creatures and monsters, not ghouls and gonna get him what he wants,” her gaze drifted.

“You know the boy, Cal. He’s hard-headed and ghosts. stubborn as Hell. If I didn’t shut him down, he’d They say he’s obsessed with the dark and never learn to figure it out for himself. He’d be in my realm decades from now, dead, still asktwisted, Glued to the screen, some might say addicted. ing me how to be himself.” The goddess chuckled warmly.

Tonight’s the night he’ll find new dread,

-----------CORRUPTION

by Maya Veldman (excerpt) I can’t fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into another treacherous day.

When the sun is up, time seems to creep, digging its corrupt claws into every pleasurable fleeting moment, dispersing its immoral ways into every liveable snapshot from my life. The sun is meant to deliver light into our world, to birth brightness and happiness. Not in my world. I strive off the shallow moon light and feast off of the unknown that lives in the shadows. During twilight is when I’m most myself, when I’m most auspicious. Lurking and looming through the darkness burns and bubbles, boiling through my veins. The desiderium fades as the night deepens, surrounding me in my element.

--------HOW TO BE ALIVE

by Tressa Murray So many of us have forgotten how to thrive With so many unknowns The only thing we know for certain is that we will die Our bodies have always been damage prone I want you to close your eyes Listen to the sound of the wind as it blows And I want you to try To find comfort alone You owe the world nothing.

If you had any, your debts to society are paid And even if you are afraid Take time to reveal in the simple act of being Being free to laugh at the mistakes you made Relearn the rules to a childhood game you played And no one can tell you that you are failing Go attempt that childhood dream of sailing Welcome the dark But give it a reassuring nudge and send it on its way Because today’s your day Do the thing people told you was a childish notion The possibilities are as vast as the ocean You will be one step closer to being okay Because there is no right wayTo be alive I know that I’ve Made my fair share of mistakes for which I must atone But I know I’m not alone Don’t let that be the driving force that tells you how to live Or how much of yourself you have to give Happiness is not something you’ve outgrown Let go Hand over control

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Community Businesses, individuals recognized with Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce Awards DAvID SELLES Pass Herald Reporter

The Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce announced their Awards of Excellence winners during their annual general meeting that was held on November 18th.

The four awards were Business of the Year, New Business of the Year, Outstanding Customer Service and Community Spirit.

This year, Riversdale Resources was named the Business of the Year.

Executive Vice President for Riversdale Resources, Alisdair Gibbons, says they are honoured to receive the award.

"We have a great group of people working at Riversdale Resources and that team has always been and will continue to be, committed to helping the Crowsnest Pass area thrive. Thank you to the Chamber for recognizing

our contributions to the community and choosing Riversdale as Business of the Year. We are grateful for this community’s ongoing support and are honoured to be recognized by other local businesses. Congratulations to the winners in the other categories as well as to all that were nominated. We continue to work towards our ultimate goal of constructing and operating a modern steel-making coal mine and plan to be part of the Crowsnest Pass community for many years to come."

This year's Outstanding Customer Service Award winner was Fantin's Funeral Chapel.

Owner, Darrell Sydora, says it's a great feeling to be recognized.

"We're extremely grateful for the recognition. Our industry, albeit essential, is not foremost in people's minds due to

it's discomforting nature in modern society. The fact that we are even considered is a wonderful testament to our community."

Sydora adds that having the Chamber of Commerce create awards like this speaks to how community minded the local Chamber is.

"It's wonderful that they would consider us for the community awards like this. It just shows how community minded they are. It does motivate and inspire businesses to reach and inspire beyond their grasps and try have their own businesses as the benchmark for self improvement."

Sydora says he'd like to thank those who voted for them as well.

"I'd like to thank those that nominated and considered us for the award. I really appreciate the higher level of

thought and consideration that people have provided for us because it's a courageous thing to consider the funeral industry.

It's an area of sensitive nature that people deliberately like to deny."

The winner of the Community Spirit Award was Shar Cartwright.

Cartwright said she was thrilled to receive the award.

“I was absolutely flabberglasted and hum-

bled to receive this award- it was a total surprise! It is also a great honour to be recognized by my peers- I truly had no words except Thank you.

Thank you to the Crowsnest Pass Chamber for this prestigious award - it is truly a great recognition. And a sincere thank you to all the people that I have had the pleasure to work with over many, many years on various Boards and

Projects that helped make the community a rewarding place to live.”

The winner of the New Business of the Year was Emilio's Italiano and Mercato.

The Pass Herald reached out but did not receive a resonse for comment.

Congratulations to all the winners of the Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence.

Christmas Card Drive This year I am very excited to join Christmas Card Drive 2021.

This was introduced to me by a good friend in Lethbridge Penny and her daughter Nikki. They are the ladies that started this special event.

What is the Christmas Card Drive 2021? The Christmas Card Drive 2021 is spreading cheer to our seniors by simply sending them a card to brighten their holidays.

I posted on Facebook and asked friends and family to each make or buy some cards and to write a nice greeting to them to enjoy and had them drop off the cards at Copymagic. I will pick up the cards on Nov 30 so that I can start handing them out to our seniors.

I also included the Horace Allen school as well as Isabelle Sellon school and asked them if they could make pictures or cards for our first responders. It's always nice to involve the children in our community to spread cheer.

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Livingstone Range update cont’d from page 8 School division — Flow meters, $143,000; emergency lights, $41,620; remote controls Part B, $23,245; fire suppression, $22,252; roof safety repairs, $18,755; PA system, $5,202; CTS cord reel installations, $687.

Trustees approve facilities plan for 2021-’22 More than $1,58-million in facility upgrades are planned this year in Livingstone Range School Division.

Projects are planned in every school as well as other divisional facilities, trustees heard at their Nov. 23 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Facilities co-ordinator Greg Gorzitza and associate superintendent of business services Jeff Perry presented the infrastructure maintenance and renewal plan for the school board’s approval.

“This is our plan for next year going forward,” Gorzitza said. “Some of these are carryovers from last year.”

Perry told trustees the $1,588,200 budget for 2021-’22 leaves a contingency of just over one million dollars for emergent items.

“We anticipate that $1-M is sufficient,” Perry said.

The following projects are planned for 2021’22: A.B. Daley school in Nanton — Gym lighting; fire alarm mapping; stage enclosure.

J.T. Foster school in Nanton — Fire alarm mapping; front door security.

Stavely school — Classroom security and access pilot; gym ceiling repairs and acoustics; brick and mortar repairs; fire alarm mapping, fire alarm upgrade; gym project and sound; exterior parking and bus drop-off lighting; exhaust fans to balance pressure of building.

West Meadow school in Claresholm — Interior mag locks; fire alarm mapping; boiler inspection; gym upgrade; boilers.

Willow Creek Composite in Claresholm — Security camera upgrade; front door security; fire alarm mapping; boiler inspection; gym lighting and controls.

Granum school — Common area upgrade; fire alarm mapping; roof access.

W.A. Day school in Fort Macleod — Boiler inspection; air-handling

unit service; fire alarm mapping; front door security; drainage and paving in the bus area; roof repairs; PA system upgrade.

F.P. Walshe school in Fort Macleod — Boiler inspection; fire alarm mapping; front door security.

Matthew Halton school in Pincher Creek — Bathroom upgrades; suspended ceilings in the science area; fire alarm mapping; entrance and custodial room upgrades; exterior light upgrade; classroom upgrade; lighting control; gym upgrades; acid cabinet storage; server room power and battery backup upgrade; boiler upgrade; skylight flashing repairs.

Canyon school in Pincher Creek — Boiler inspection; washroom upgrades; site drainage repairs; gym upgrade; fire alarm mapping; camera upgrade; server room power and battery backup upgrade.

Livingstone school in Lundbreck — Bathroom upgrades; boiler inspection; window upgrades; door upgrades; fire alarm mapping; replace damaged blinds; sidewalk and ramp; site improvements; server room power and battery back-up upgrade; countertops for staff and science lab; new tile entrance.

Horace Allen school in the Crowsnest Pass — Gym roof repair; flush valve upgrade; fire alarm mapping; gym upgrade; bathroom upgrades; kitchen upgrades; downspout engineering study; learning commons lighting; pavement along roadway; retaining wall along roadway.

Isabelle Sellon school in the Crowsnest Pass — Fire alarm mapping; front door security; roof replacement; meeting room upgrade; bathroom upgrade.

Crowsnest Consolidated school — Flush valve replacement; drama and band room upgrade; front door security; exterior light upgrade; gym upgrade; fire alarm mapping; server room power and battery back-up upgrade; gym lighting and controls; upgrade concrete steps; resurface main entrance stairs.

School division — CTS cord reel installations; flow meters and temperature sensors; emergency lights; PA system; fire suppression; remote controls Part B; roof repairs; back-up system for FOBs. School division working

to address long bus rides More than 1,400 students spend from three to 115 minutes riding buses to Livingstone Range schools, and the same time coming home.

The school board heard last week the transportation department is working to address what has proven to be the No. 1 concern with parents.

Transportation co-ordinator Mike Cahoon, interim transportation co-ordinator Rick Visser and secretary Kristi Edwards appeared as a delegation at the Nov. 23 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Cahoon said Livingstone Range had a goal last year of adding five new buses, which it met.

The department also set a goal of recruiting 15 new drivers, which it exceeded by hiring 34 following an extensive campaign.

“Kristi did a great job with that program,” Cahoon said. “It’s been a real blessing for us that we have some spare drivers.”

Despite the successful recruiting drive, some communities are still short of drivers, particularly Pincher Creek and Lundbreck.

Livingstone Range school buses travel 7,559 kilometres each school day for a total of 151,180 kilometres a month and 1,511,800 kilometres a year.

Cahoon told trustees he fields numerous calls about the amount of time students spend riding the bus to and from school.

“That is the No. 1 complaint that I get from parents,” Cahoon said.

The delegation provided a breakdown of routes, students and ride times: Nanton — 136 students on seven regular bus routes with an average ride time of 41 minutes.

Ride times range from three to 115 minutes in duration.

Stavely — 145 students on four regular routes with an average ride time of 37 minutes.

Ride times range from five to 95 minutes in duration.

Claresholm — 161 students on seven regular routes with an average ride time of 35 minutes.

Rides range from five to 80 minutes in duration.

Granum — 56 students of two regular routes with an average ride time of 36 minutes.

Rides range from five to 82 minutes in duration.

Fort Macleod —208 students on six regular routes with an average ride time of 35 minutes.

Rides range from seven to 91 minutes in duration.

Pincher Creek — 187 students on 10 regular routes with an average ride time of 45 minutes.

Rides range from 11 to 103 minutes.

Lundbreck — 123 students on four regular routes with an average ride time of 29 minutes.

Rides range from five to 78 minutes in duration.

Crowsnest Pass — 428 students on seven regular routes with an average ride time of 21 minutes.

Rides range in duration from three to 85 minutes.

Cahoon said routes, driver assignments and the fleet assignments are all being reviewed.

A discussion will be held with parents about the possibility of establishing central pick-up locations in an effort to shorten the length of time students spend on buses.

Livingstone Range reviews satisfaction survey results Livingstone Range School Division is reviewing the results of the latest Alberta Education assurance measures survey.

The survey measures the satisfaction of teachers, parents and students with certain areas of education.

Associate superintendent of curriculum and innovation Chad Kuzyk presented the results during the board’s Nov. 23 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

“It’s pretty encouraging to see the results this high going through COVID,” trustee Lori Hodges said.

Kuzyk agreed.

“We’re very proud,” Kuzyk said.

The Alberta Education assurance measures survey was carried out last spring.

Learning engagement Close to 85 per cent of teachers, parents and students agree students are engaged in their learning at Livingstone Range schools.

“We’re right at the provincial average,” Kuzyk said, noting 85.6 per cent is the average for Alberta.

Results show 97.9 per cent of teachers; 86.1 per cent of parents and 71.5 per cent of students agree that Livingstone Range students are engaged in learning.

Citizenship The survey revealed

that 83.5 per cent of teachers, parents and students agree students model the characteristics of active leadership in Livingstone Range.

“This is the secondhighest result in the past five years,” Kuzyk noted.

The provincial average is 83.2 per cent.

Results show 94.4 per cent of teachers, 78.3 per cent of students and 77.8 per cent of parents agree Livingstone Range students model the characteristics of active leadership.

High school completion Almost 84 per cent of Livingstone Range students completed high school in three years.

“That really speaks to the teachers that we have in our division and the students who have worked hard in difficult times,” Kuzyk told trustees.

The 2020 result is up from 74.4 per cent in 2019.

The provincial average is 83.4 per cent.

Kuzyk noted there were no provincial diploma exams last year.

“What is also different is the work that our career practitioners have done, our virtual school providing flexibility, and moving forward our summer school for kids to get some of those courses they need to be able to graduate,” Kuzyk added.

The four-year high school completion rate was 80.4 per cent compared to the provincial average of 84.1 per cent.

The five-year high school completion rate was 83.4 per cent compared to the provincial average of 85.6 per cent.

Education quality Livingstone Range is at the provincial average for teachers, parents and students satisfied with the overall quality of basic education.

Livingstone Range scored 89.4 per cent compared to the provincial average of 89.6 per cent.

Results show 95.7 per cent of teachers, 86.4 per cent of students and 86 per cent of parents are satisfied with the overall quality of basic education in Livingstone Range.

Learning environment Overall, 88.2 per cent of students, teachers and parents agree the learning environment is welcoming, caring, respectful and safe.

Results show 95.2 per cent of teachers, 86.4 per cent of parents and 82.9 per cent of students agree.

The provincial average is 87.8 per cent.

“We started above

the province but we want to continue to grow in that area,” Kuzyk said of the new category.

Student supports Livingstone Range was above the provincial average in satisfaction that students have access to appropriate supports and services at school.

Overall results show 83.2 per cent of teachers, parents and students agree, compared to the provincial average of 82.6 per cent.

In Livingstone Range, 90.9 per cent of teachers, 80.9 per cent of parents and 77.8 per cent of students agree students have access to appropriate supports and services at school.

Parent involvement Livingstone Range also scored above the provincial average in parental involvement in decisions about their child’s education.

“We always score fairly high,” Kuzyk said.

Overall, 80.5 per cent of teachers and parents are satisfied with parental involvement, compared to the provincial average of 79.5 per cent.

Supplemental measures The assurance survey also provided the following results: Dropout rate — Livingstone Range, six per cent; provincial average, two per cent.

Cont’d on page 18 Rutherford Scholarship eligibility rate — Livingstone Range, 60.7 per cent; provincial average, 68 per cent.

Safe and caring schools — Livingstone Range, 90.3 per cent; provincial average, 90 per cent.

School improvement — Livingstone Range, 84.5 per cent; provincial average, 81.4 per cent.

Work preparation — Livingstone Range, 83.7 per cent; provincial average, 85.7 per cent.

Early learning centre board requests trustee Livingstone Range School Board was asked to reconsider its representation on the Pincher Creek Community Early Learning Centre board of directors.

Centre board chair Don Anderberg and secretary-treasurer Ola Crook appeared as a delegation at the Nov. 23 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Anderberg and Crook asked trustees to reconsider an earlier decision not to have a voting member on the centre board.

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Livingstone School Visual Arts For last week's photography challenge, our students focused on stock photography concepts and composition. For a theme, we took fruit from our school's nutrition program, which provides every classroom with fresh fruit as a healthy snack that everyone can access. Livingstone School would like to thank Teresa MacGarva for her work with the program Austin Hartgerink and Zack Hann took really creative approaches to this challenge by shooting a long exposure photo in a dark room and using flashlights to paint their subjects.

Hannah Robbins has really mastered focus and came up with a really strong composition for this one.

Denver Ayers, Grade 10, was the only student to take his fruit outside and photograph it in the snow!

Jonah MacGarva used a white paper backdrop to create a nearly seamless white background that really made the subject stand out.

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CNP Thunder Update

Last year our Food Bank supplied 130 Christmas hampers. Monthly they supply approximately 65 hampers feeding around 170 individuals.

Due to our current economic state, we can expect these numbers to continue to rise, especially over the holiday season.

The U7 CNP Thunder played in Elkford. Weston Sagrefena got a hat-trick, two of his goals were assisted by Beau Houda and Chase Plowman. Reggie Davis got 2 goals. Mason Bradbury scored 2 goals, with one goal being assisted by Chase Plowman. Beau Houda got a hat-trick, one assisted by Kyson McKee and one assisted

by Levi Michalsky. CNP won by a score of 10-5. Their next game is December 5th at the Coleman Sports Complex. U7 plays at 12:45pm against Elkford. U9 plays at 2:15pm against the Sparwood Kodiaks. Come watch some great hockey and cheer on the Crowsnest Pass Thunder!

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The Thunder U11 hockey team played away on Sunday. The Thunder were at the Okotoks Centennial Arena to take on Okotoks Green. The CNP Thunder came out defeated with a final score of 10-2. Goals score by Ryder Jorgensen and Aidan Bishop. Both assisted by Parker Bunnage. Goaltending was Owen Kirkman with 47 shots on net. The team will be back in action on home ice on Saturday, December 4th whem they host Raymond. Game time is 10 AM.

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U18 The Pincher Creek Huskies faced off against the Coaldale Cobras on Saturday, November 27.

The Huskies lost the game 6-2.

Scoring for the Huskies was Buddy Little Bear, assisted by Quinn Douglas. Second goal was from Drew Stucky assisted by Jaydon Draper.

Huskies host their home tournament this weekend in Pincher Creek.

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Livingstone Range update cont’d from page 15 Anderberg and Crook asked trustees to reconsider an earlier decision not to have a voting member on the centre board.

School board chair Lacey Poytress had represented Livingstone Range during the early learning centre’s start-up.

Judy Lane represents Holy Spirit School Division on the centre’s board.

“We see so much value in having a trustee from both school boards,” Crook said.

Crook praised Poytress for her work on the centre board, and said having trustees on board bolsters her organization.

“We’ve really enjoyed the exchange of ideas,” Crook said.

Crook said there is a connection between the early learning centres and local schools, and sharing of knowledge and resources is valued.

“It is, I think, in the best interests for both of our boards,” Crook said of having trustees as voting members.

The centre board oversees the Sage and Canyon Creek early learning centres in Pincher Creek.

Anderberg, who is also mayor of Pincher Creek, thanked Livingstone Range for its collaboration and support as the early learning centre developed.

“We had a great working relationship,”

Anderberg said.

Other board members are vice-chair Brian McGillivray, Pincher Creek council representative Mark Barber and members-at-large Christy Gustavison and Michelle Spencer. There is an opening for a member-at-large.

The school board indicated it will consider the request and provide a response.

Livingstone Range focuses on student wellness Livingstone Range School Division has a team of professionals whose job it is to support student wellness.

Trustees had the chance last week to learn more about the family

school liaison counsellor program.

Dr. Kendra Massie, the clinical team lead of the family school liaison counsellor program presented an accountability report for 2019-’20.

“School is a place where they come to learn and that is important,” Massie told trustees. “But what we know is that there are many factors connected to learning that if they’re not optimized, kids won’t learn to their true potential.”

Those factors include a student’s social and emotional well-being, how they conduct themselves, and their behaviour.

Massie appeared virtually at the Nov. 23 school board meeting at the G.R. Davis Adminis-

tration Building in Fort Macleod.

Massie told trustees the program is designed to optimize learning, development and well-being of students by reducing or preventing challenges.

The team does that through direct counselling, consultation, collaboration and group and classroom programming for students, staff, families and community professionals.

Massie said the team is made up for 10.26 fulltime equivalent positions, an increase from 8.8 FTE at the start of 2019-’20.

The diverse group of counselllors have college, undergrad and masters degrees in areas such as child youth care worker, addictions counselling, social work and counselling psychology. There are two provisional psychologists.

The family school liaison counsellor team is allocated as follows: A.B. Daley school in Nanton — 0.8 FTE. J.T. Foster school in Nanton — 0.8 FTE. Stavely school — 0.2 FTE. West Meadow school in Claresholm — 1.0 FTE. Willow Creek Composite school in Claresholm — 1.0 FTE. Granum school — 0.2 FTE. W.A. Day school in Fort Macleod — 0.8 FTE. F.P. Walshe school in Fort Macleod — 1.0 FTE. Canyon school in Pincher Creek — 0.8 FTE. Matthew Halton school in Pincher Creek — 1.0 FTE. Livingstone school in Lundbreck — 0.6 FTE. Crowsnest Consolidated school — 1.0 FTE. Isabelle Sellon school in Crowsnest Pass — 0.5 FTE. Horace Allen school in Crowsnest Pass — 0.5 FTE. At those schools, the family school liaison counsellors deal with diverse student challenges and concerns: • Cognitive, learning,

developmental and physical challenges and delays.

• Mental health difficulties.

• Varied backgrounds that include grief, loss, drugs, alcohol and family violence.

• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including parental stress, school uncertainty and the lack of wellness activities.

“We know that their learning was impacted and we know they’re not learning in the most optimal way,” Massie said.

The counsellors help students deal with stress, pressure, worry, relationships, self-concept, self-esteem, identity, mood, self-harm and suicidal idealation.

The focus of student support is on mental health education; emotion regulation; coping with stress and anxiety; peer relationships; character and self-esteem building; and crisis response.

That is done in part through classroom, group and club presentations.

Massie told trustees about 522 Livingstone Range students received individual services in 2020-’21.

Counsellors consult with school staff on ways to support students.

Students get support in their classroom sand at recess, and counsellors help families connect with external supports such as mental health.

Massie talked about her role as clinical team lead, which includes supervising the team, providing professional development and working with the learning services team.

School board chair Lacey Poytress thanked Massie for the presentation.

“We in our division truly appreciate your forward-thinking and your constant advocacy for the mental health of our students,” Poytress said.

“You’re obviously an inspiration to the people you work with.”

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