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December 22, 2021 ~ Vol. 91 • No. 51 $1.00

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Wednesday Dec 15 the Crowsnest Symphony Orchestra performed a delightful selection of Christmas classics at the Isabelle Sellon School. The event also featured guest appearances by Lani Folkard and Santa Claus. See more photos on page 9

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2 – Crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Crowsnest Pass Municipal Council update and briefs Moved in Dwellings ~ Permit for Campground ~ Outstanding Motions of Council ~ 13 Ways Proposal DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

The following topics were discussed at the Regular Council Meeting on Tuesday, December 14th.

Moved in Dwellings Bylaw 1102, 2021 – Land Use Bylaw Amendment to add a new definition for “Moved-in dwelling” and insert this use as a discretionary use in the Comprehensive Resort Village (CRV) District – First Reading Council was presented with information pertaining to a new bylaw. The new bylaw would allow a new defi-

nition into the discretionary use in the CRV. Currently, there are two related land uses listed in various Districts as "Moved-in Building" and "Moved-in Dwelling". It appears that the intent with this distinction was that where "Moved-in Building" is listed, the moved-in building could be either a dwelling or another building type, e.g. a barn or a workshop, and that where "Moved-in Dwelling" is listed, the moved-in building could only be a dwelling and no other building type. Note the urban versus rural location of the Districts

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where the two uses are listed.

The Land Use Bylaw has a definition for "Moved-in Building" but not for "Moved-n Dwelling". The proposed Bylaw 1102, 2021 adds a new definition: A "Moved-in Dwelling" means a previously existing, established and occupied dwelling, which is removed from one site, transported, and re-established on another site.

Note that "Moved-in Dwelling" does not mean a "Manufactured Home", which is a prohibited use in the CRV District. The proposed Bylaw 1102, 2021 inserts "Moved-in Dwelling" into the Comprehensive Resort Village (CRV) District as a discretionary use. This would affect all properties within the CRV District. Presently, only the properties within the Wolfstone subdivision and the adjacent 20 ha (48 acres) in Lot 4, Block 1, Plan 9910341 are designated into this land use district. Other land use districts where "Movedin dwelling" is a discretionary use are; Residential R-1 and Narrow Lot Residential R-5.

For greater context, note that "Moved-in Building" is listed as a use in the R2, GCR- 1, GCR-2 and NUA-1 Districts. The Municipal Development Plan supports the proposed bylaw amendment through the GOALS AND POLICIES, under section 2, Expanding Our Housing Options by supporting “existing residents and a growing population, the future of housing in the MCNP will include a range of affordable, innovative residential choices.”

The Crowsnest Mountain Resort Area Structure Plan supports the proposed bylaw amendment through section 3.1, Principles of Development by way of developing a desirable neighbourhood and providing a variety of residential development types. Following some discussion, Council agreed that allowing this discretionary use is a positive for the community.

Councillor Sygutek made a motion for first

reading and that a public hearing be scheduled for January 25th, 2022 and the motion was carried.

Permit for Campground Bylaw 1104, 2021 – Land Use Bylaw Amendment – Re-designate PT SW9-8-5-W5th South of Roadway Plan 4226BM from Non-Urban Area NUA-1 to Non-Urban Commercial Recreation NUCR-1 – First Reading The proposed Bylaw 1104, 2021 involves the re-designation of 2.86 acres of land known as a portion of SW 9-8-5-W5, from Non-Urban Area NUA-1 to Non-Urban Commercial Recreation NUCR-1 for the purpose of allowing the applicant to apply for a discretionary use development permit for a small campground. The proposed Bylaw 1104 2021 involves the re-designation of 2.86 acres of land known as a portion of SW 9-8-5-W5, from Non-Urban Area NUA-1 to Non-Urban Commercial Recreation NUCR-1. Please note, while the municipal records show the parcel size as 2.86 acres, the land title certificate identifies the parcel as containing 1.31 ha (3.25 acre). The minimum lot size in both districts is 3 acres. Section 5, Schedule 4 of the Land Use Bylaw provides that the Development Authority may approve development on a lot that does not conform to the minimum parcel dimensions and area. The range of land uses available in the Non-Urban Area NUA-1 Land Use district is restrictive and, as a "holding district" or "future development district", the intent is to maintain parcels of larger sizes to provide maximum flexibility for use and development if or when the land is used for urban development. This particular parcel, for unknown historical reasons, exists as a smaller parcel. Redistricting the parcel to NUCR-1 would be consistent with other campgrounds in the community.

Following the presentation of the information, Councillor Filipuzzi made a motion for first

reading and to have a Public Hearing scheduled for January 25th and the motion was carried.

Outstanding Motions of Council During Council orientation, Administration reviewed all active motions with Council to determine if the motions were still relevant or not.

There were several that were identified and are being brought forward to Council to have them repealed.

The following motions were presented to Council to be repealed: Motion 43-2018-0424: Councillor Sygutek moved that Administration proceed with exploring future developable lands with legal counsel.

Motion 45-2019-09-10: Councillor Ward moved that the Municipality pursue opportunities to provide increased services to our neighboring Municipality.

Motion 17-2020-0121: Councillor Glavin moved that Council review the amendments to the Land Use Bylaw being Bylaw 1040, 2019 Work Camp Uses, after two development permits have been applied for to ensure that they don’t impede the intent of the Bylaw.

Motion 11-2020-0526: Councillor Ward moved that the Municipality offer a $1,000 reward for any information leading to a conviction against people damaging Municipal property.

Motion 09-2021-0615: Councillor Sygutek moved to direct Administration to research the types of programs ran through the Municipally owned building that houses animals.

Motion 11-2021-0615: Councillor Sygutek moved that Administration works to find a Community Group to take over the Nature Learning Playspace and assist with the process.

CAO Patrick Thomas informed Council that these motions had been worked on and reached the end of what Administration was able to do with them and therefore these motions were not

needed anymore. After a short debate, Council agreed to leave Motion 11-2020-05-26: Councillor Ward moved that the Municipality offer a $1,000 reward for any information leading to a conviction against people damaging Municipal property, standing while the others could be repealed.

Councillor Glavin then moved that all other motions be repealed and the motion was carried.

13 Ways Proposal Administration brought forward a recommendation that Council move forward with a one day session with 13 Ways regarding the Municipality’s Strategic Plan.

Administration has attended several masterclasses that 13 Ways has hosted this fall. There are several areas where their approach could assist Council in their strategic planning process. Councillor Ward also attended a session at the AUMA Conference and was intrigued with the information presented there.

From discussions so far, it is proposed to complete a one-day Council strategic planning session. After that time, Council can determine if they wish to move further into a more detail planning process or not.

The one day session would demonstrate and explains the value of proper strategic planning and how the various components that comprise a good strategic plan all relate to one another and contribute to the plan's overall strength and vitality. The cost of the session would be $15,000.

After some debate, Council agreed that spending this money to allow for another look into the strategic plan while also allowing an opportunity for the two new council members to be part of the discussion would be worth it.

Councillor Sygutek then made a motion that Council proceeds with the one-day Council Strategic Planning Workshop with 13 Ways

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Thunder U11 Update The Thunder U11 finished the 2021 year with a great win on Saturday in Cardston. Crowsnest Pass Thunder played the Cardston Thunder for the last game before the Christmas break.

Final score for the game was 11-9. Goals for our team scored by Mikka Kufftinoff(2), Nicolas Gillespie(2), Parker Bunnage(2), Sophie GibboneyStafford(4), and Jack Bishop(1). Assists made by Isaiah Montgomery, Nicolas Gillespie, Jack Bishop(2), Aidan Bishop(2), Sophie Gibboney-Stafford, and Sam Graham. Goaltending for the game was Branson Gillard making some great saves.

Thunder will enjoy some time off and will be back in action in Magrath on January 8th.

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by Avner Perl

The year of hope

Life is a collection of years, beginning from nothing and finishing with nothing. If you do the entire journey, it’s mostly short of a hundred years. Somewhere at the end of the first third, you are young and full of hope, while in the last third you think about the future of those who will follow you. Mortality is a hundred percent guaranteed.

I wanted to write in the last edition of the 2021 paper a message of hope. Since I couldn’t find a reason to hope, I asked some other people what can we hope for. My generation witnessed some of the biggest changes that ever happened in human history. Fertilizers beat hunger back, no major world wars, advancement in health science (like vaccines) are prolonging life, and people in my part of the world can enjoy life better than only royalty could a couple of hundred years ago. What we hoped for sixty years ago was accomplished, but fresh problems were created.

When I try to remember the things that changed my life, I seem to focus on disasters.

The great war was finished, and the Fascists were defeated. In its place came a cold war and we, the children, were told to hide under the desks if a nuclear war started. J. F. Kennedy was murdered and his mission for a diverse, more equal world died with him.

Canada celebrated its 100-year birthday when I arrived.

It was a dreamland where simple people like me could dream and hope. We worked hard, studied, and developed an economic system that worked for most people. Even the communists in the Soviet block were thriving. A few years later, Reagan, Mulroney, and Thatcher got power. Our means of making a decent living were privatized and exported.

Here Peter Lougheed was replaced by Klein and good union jobs disappeared. My kids didn’t have the opportunities that I did.

As the people who used to be middle class were milling around trying to figure out what hit them, we developed new methods of cheating in politics. George Bush presided over the fall of the twin towers which plunged the Western nations into a war against Afghanistan, which was lost 20 years later.

As we watched, while our population sold their freedom on credit, China changed.

From a source of cheap labour, it became the new superpower rivaling the USA for world domination. In 2020, a new virus infected the world. The American president tried in vain

to dub it “The China flu” but he failed. His efforts towards convincing people that to stop global warming we need to use more oil and coal failed as well.

If someone would have told me that a virus may kill more people of one political persuasion than another, I would have laughed at the idea. How can a dumb virus know about human political aspirations? Yet observing what is happening in the United Kingdom opens the door for exactly that. In the United States, where a political administration belittled the pandemic and people refuse vaccinations, we may yet see an explosion of cases of the Omicron. It didn’t happen yet and we hope it will not, but time will tell. I don’t wish this kind of death on anyone.

Looking for hope, I am lost in messages of gloom. In winter, the most unusual weather flattened parts of the United States. British Colombia is trying to reopen destroyed roots to the rest of the country. We add this to the problems we have with a shortage of labour and the hamstrung supply chain. Talking with my 18-year-old grandson I said, well it could be worse, and he answered, how grandpa? It left me speechless. On TV, our political leader was saying he would not cancel Christmas since people would break the rules. I remember him saying that mentioning blowing up pipelines is inviting people to do so. If omicron spreads as predicted, he will have to do political gymnastics again.

In the search for a message of hope, I researched some scientists who deal with related subjects. Some said that our follies will not harm the world much. Ocean warming, killer pandemics, destroyed civilizations, all happened before. The world bounced back and new species became dominant, humans being one.

Another option is humans under stress achieving their true potential. A Christmas song predicts that the son of God will become “the great I am.” The Bible said that through him we may have all that the Father has. Ancient civilizations and primitive cultures always believed in magic and miracles. Could esoteric knowledge be our hope? If it is, then we must go an extra step yet. Nature, the universe, or God can’t hand us supernatural powers before we learn that we are all one.

Could it be that we are learning an important painful lesson now? You know, “it tastes awful, but it works” kind of lesson? I don’t wish to see an example of a biblical disaster, but nobody asked what I want. I am just an observer.

I write to make people think and entertain them. I am in the same boat as my readers and there are lots of them. I will tell you about my splinter of hope. I live in a small community where people are nice to each other, animals roam the streets and there are many examples of kindness and caring. I hope little communities like ours, if the “stuff” hits the fan, will be spared like Noah’s ark.

Also, we can all look at beautiful Christmas art, listen to Christmas music, and send a wish to God. Please use your superior mind and find workable solutions. Don’t let the Grinch, me or anyone, steal Christmas. May this holiday be a preparation for a much better holiday next year.

Merry Christmas to you all, and many more to come. Use the telephone, computers, and other devices until we meet again.

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

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Place Based Learning at HAS Community Foundation grants $10,000 to project ElainE GarnEr, lEslEy MarGEtak, BErnicE DunBar Horace Allen Outdoor Learning Environment Committee

Horace Allen School has been working for the past 3 years on school-wide initiatives to build responsibility, resilience, inquiry, and respect for nature in our students. These goals are aligned with the "Forest Schools" ethos and place-based pedagogy that our Livingstone Range School Division has embraced as one of their 'core values'. The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta grant of $10,000.00 will ensure continuing development of this previously unused field adjacent to our school into a barrier-free, cross-curricular, multi-ecosystem nature space conducive to connecting our K-3 students with their natural environment.

Although Covid significantly impacted our progress, we were able to plant several trees as the beginning of our 'enchanted forest' and begin formation of the mountain ecosystem, log desk classroom and stump tables and stools meeting area!

We are hoping to continue work towards a nature-infused meeting place with sensory and musical pathways, a butterfly garden, a rain exchange water conservation system, raised garden beds for each grade level, representative zones from mountain alpine to wetland riparian ecosystems, an indigenous history area, local coal mining history features and an archeological/paleontological dig area. Our project is evolving as we recognize modifications needed to accommodate priorities changing in our world, actually increasing the need, value and research-based educational applications of our outdoor project! Our nature-based 'path' has led the other 2 schools in our community to follow and we now have a tri-school group working with University of Lethbridge professor Dr. Sharon Pelech and her colleague, Dr. Darron Kelly of Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland in their work on placebased pedagogy. We have received 2 Alberta Teacher Association grants (Communities of Practice 2019 and Diversity, Equity & Human Rights 2020) attached to our project! We partnered with the Nippon Institute of Technology (22 third year architecture students from Japan designed and built a garden shed) and Olds Horticultural College (21 students created designs for our field in their Sustainable Sites class), prior to Covid we held several school fundraising outdoor activities as well as participated in several community events with our project name! Through the Alberta Council of Environmental Education (ACEE) we have benefitted from the “Connecting Professionals to Classrooms” program with a landscape architect from Edmonton assisting our work! He had met with our students last February with plans to hold native plant and tree planting workshops, enabled by an Alberta Native Plant Council grant, with students and their families last spring but that was cancelled due to the pandemic. He still hopes to do so this spring if conditions allow!

Receiving the Community Foundation support, not only through the monetary award, but also their belief in our project values gave us confidence, credibility and recognition by people and groups who otherwise may not have took notice! Being chosen by the Community Foundation has been a bright spot in our project journey!

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Horace Allen students showcasing the Community Foundation donation of $10,000 to be used in their Place Based Learning project.

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Editorial As I write the last editorial of 2021, I realize that we made it another year. I know that sounds facetious, but our industry is in a lot of trouble. We have been pretty fortunate here at the Pass Herald because we have huge community support. Our national advertising, the bread and butter of every newspaper, is pretty much non-existent.

I’ve done some research and our demographic here at the Herald is 35 years old and up. We are lucky to have a strong subscription base, both digital and hard copy and for that I am extremely blessed. There are some amazing companies that support us and recognize that local news, real news, can still be found in your local paper.

The past few years were difficult losing both Gail and Buddy. When you lose valuable people on your team, especially when your team is as tiny as ours, everyone feels it. We don’t have turnover in this paper, except for our reporters who inevitably go on to bigger and better things, but the core group of us has been around for over a decade.

I have the best staff on the planet. Mike and Betty have been with me through thick and thin and we are lucky to have an excellent reporter with David. My feature writers John and Avner have added diverse content on topics in which they are experts.

There were some incredible highlights for me throughout the year, the biggest being the Crowsnest Consolidated High School. We started a special graduation supplement in 2020 carrying it through to 2021 and I believe now it has become litmus for future years.

Christine McKie and Jill Klapp you are doing an incredible job at the school. They have changed the culture of the school, making it a kinder safer place for kids to go and, of course, the teaching staff is, in my opinion, some of the best in the province.

My friend John Barlow got elected to represent our community and I couldn’t be more proud. Not going to lie, I cried when the Liberals got elected.

I thought COVID would kill the paper and here we are heading into our 92nd year. Sometimes I wonder how we have made it this far then I am reminded of the remarkable community in which I am blessed to live.

One that takes care of their neighours whether it’s donations to the Food Bank, filling the sleigh at Red Apple or secret Santa’s who help seniors shovel their walkways.

So what a wonderful way to end 2021. Council budget is done with a 0% increase and I now feel that my feet are proverbially wet with the process of municipal governance. My sons are home, for the holidays and they are thriving, I’m in love and the paper is having a great third and fourth quarter. We have the best Christmas Greeter ever.

So thank you Crowsnest Pass for reading our paper and buying our ads. We try to keep it 100% local and give the past, present and perhaps the future history of our community for years to come.

It’s hard to believe, in the digital age of fake news that we are plugging forward but onward and upwards we go.

Our industry is changing so, by default, is the Pass Herald, which is now offering on-line subscriptions. It makes my day when people stop me to tell me they love my editorials. Sometimes I even wonder if you read them!

The other day when I was wondering about the paper and its future I came to realization that we tell the story of this community, from birth to death, swim meet to hockey game, community event to tragedy.

We symbolize the mural on the window outside the office; we are the photos and written history of the Crowsnest Pass since 1930. If nothing else matters about a newspaper, keep that in mind. We are your history.

Merry Christmas to you and yours. I have the best staff in the world and every day I wake up, I go to work loving my job. For that, I am blessed beyond words.

Here’s to looking forward to our 92nd year here in the our beautiful ‘Garden of Eden’... as we put our final paper of 2021 ‘to bed’.

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Hypocrisy Dear Editor, Webster defines a hypocrite as "a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings".

Let's start with the world leaders who went to Scotland recently to confer on how to reduce CO2 emissions. How did they get there? They each flew on a private jet, while the people at home had to have Zoom meetings. And the country of Gibraltar is the most vaccinated country in the world. 100% have had 2 shots, but they have cancelled all official Christmas celebrations due to the spread of Covid!

Then we go to Trudeau, who last Christmas told us all to stay home, then spent $200,000 of taxpayers money to fly to the Caribbean for a Christmas holiday. He then declined an invitation to a "reconciliation" conference in Kamloops, but went surfing on the West Coast instead. After all but mandating that we all get vaccinated to "keep us safe", his Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tam, is now hinting that 2 shots may not be enough, that in order to be

considered "fully vaccinated" we may have to get shot #3. Further, after saying that we can travel only after getting 2 shots, they are now saying that you can go away, but you now must have a negative PCR test to come home (in the US at $250 each), and also may have to quarantine for 14 days. Vaccine is really effective, isn't it??

The latest development is, of course, the Omicron variant, which has traveled from South Africa. How did it get here? Well it must have been vaccinated people that have carried it here, because no one in the world is allowed to get on a plane without being double jabbed. And yet the unvaccinated are being blamed for bringing it here and spreading it. How??

Did they swim?

Now let's go to Alberta. Dr. Hinshaw, our Chief Medical Officer is under subpoena to appear in court, but gets an extension because she is "much too busy handling the Delta wave" to appear. She then promptly books a several day vacation!! The Calgary Flames have post-

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poned several games because some of their players have tested positive. The NHL, however, states that 99.9% of all players and personnel have been double vaxxed, but nearly 20% of them have tested positive. Great protection this vaccine is offering! One of Dr. Hinshaw's favorite phrases is "Follow the science." and yet when presented with perfectly legitimate science by bona fide scientists, she passes it off as "misinformation" because it doesn't agree with her "science". What ever happened to open-minded questioning, which is what scientists, doctors included, are supposed to do?

And Jason Kenney is no different. Last New Year's he was captured on video at a party. No masks, no social distancing, though that's what he ordered the rest of us to do.

"Do what I say, not what I do!!" Sound familiar? And now Rachel Notley, who wants to be premier again, wants to ban unvaccinated families from having Christmas celebrations together.

I was in a Sparwood chiropractor's office last week. On the wall is a

poster from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, and the B.C. Department of Health with the heading "Coronavirus Protection."

It talks about hand-washing, coughing into a tissue, cleaning surfaces, and staying home if you are sick. Then at the bottom in capital letters, yellow highlighted it says "WEARING A MASK IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE FROM VIRAL INFECTION." Why the hell have we all been wearing masks for the last two years?? Is Dr. Hinshaw's "science" different than B.C.'s "science"?

Finally, let's talk about hypocrisy locally. I totally agree with your editorial last week. You said that Allan Garbutt is "vehemently against" coal mines now, but when he was practicing medicine he was quick to "have his hand out" to accept money from Teck for the hospital.

If the shoe fits?

To paraphrase a saying about terrorists: "Not all hypocrites are tyrants, but ALL tyrants are hypocrites." Where are we headed??

Dick Burgman More letters on page 10

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Musings from your local reporter Christmas Shopping.

The agony of trying to pick out that perfect gift for the people on your list.

What do you get them?

When should I go shopping?

Where should I go shopping?

All these questions come up and for some, the answers are easier to find than others.

For me, when it comes to Christmas shopping, I’ve always been one to wait longer than most to get my gifts.

I’ve never really understood the people who get their Christmas shopping done upwards of a month before Christmas.

My family does a Secret Santa for Christmas so we only need to buy for one person.

Members of my family usually start asking for wish lists in early November, which I just don’t understand.

I’ve always wondered why people feel the need to get shopping done so early.

I tend to get my shopping done the week of Christmas.

This year, I’ll probably have just finished my shopping by the time you’re reading this.

I know I’m not totally alone in this thought but I love the hustle and bustle of last minute shopping.

Everyone walking around, store-to-store, looking for that perfect gift.

Some people may argue that you’re able to put more thought into the gifts you buy if you spend more time looking for them but for me, once I have the list and because it’s only one person, I’m able to spend an afternoon finding that perfect gift or two for my person.

Part of me understands that if you are shopping for multiple people, you would want to get things done a little earlier but I still don’t think a month early is necessary.

I may end up changing my tune when I need to start buying for more than one person but until that day comes, I’ll continue in my last minute shopping ways.

coleman Beautiful, large building lot at Kananaskis Wilds. Lot 24 is an exceptional lot with easy, gentle topography.

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On behalf of the entire Rypien family our sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone who called, expressed condolences and kind words,sent flowers, food and attended the prayers or the service for Allan.

We will be forever grateful to Dr. Johann Maritz for his care,kindness,and friendship to Allan and all of us.

The Crowsnest Pass Health Care Centre nursing staff for the excellent care, kindness and respect.

To Darrell Sydora and Fantin’s Funeral Chapel staff, there are not enough words to express the care, kindness and consideration given to all of us.

To Father Joseph Nagothu and Father Brian Hubka for the funeral service that touched all of us.

To Michelle Dobek-Koinberg for the beautiful hymn selections and her incredible voice.

To my friend Suzanne Scott for taking time away from work to share her incredible talent singing the Hallelujah that sent shivers down the backs of all who heard it.

We will miss our beloved father,grandfather great grandfather and husband but he lives on in our sons,grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Thank you again. ~ Pat,Wes, Darren and Al Jr.Rypien

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kananaskis wilds Beautiful mountain home with views to the south. Fully serviced with town water, municipal sewer, fire hydrants and wired high speed internet. 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom mountain home is European Alps inspired. Big timbers and artfully crafted Douglas Fir staircases.

Master suite with 3 piece bath in the loft. 2 bedrooms and large room with kitchenette in lower area. 2,363 sq ft living space, plus 300 sq ft fully insulated loft above 24’ x 26’ garage. $725,000 CALL JOHN MLS

bellevue

bellevue One Half of a duplex with two updated suites and a double car garage for a great price. Enjoy all that Crowsnest Pass has to offer, great mountain bike trails, renowned Nordic ski area. Keep one suite for yourself and rent the other to make the whole experience that much more affordable. $279,000 CALL JOHN MLS

Fantastic opportunity for commercial location along busy Highway 3. East and West bound traffic access. Currently occupied as a successful fly-fishing shop, known to fly fishermen throughout Canada and the U.S. Can be sold as a business to someone wishing for a change of pace or for a property that can be re-purposed. C1 zoning allows for different opportunities. High traffic volume in front of the property. $435,000 CALL JOHN MLS

9 kananaskis wilds Beautiful prime lot in Kananaskis Wilds is close to mountain backcountry trails and forest reserve. Southern exposure. Suitable for south facing walkout basement. KW offers some of the best value for large, fully serviced (including wired internet) lots in the Canadian Rockies. $124,000 CALL JOHN MLS

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coleman lot Fantastic mountain views. Southfacing lot gently slopes to the south. Great building spot to take advantage of the sun. Lots of building options. Located on northside of the valley in Coleman.

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Commercial land with east/west bound access on busy Hwy 3 corridor in Crowsnest Pass. Located at the first east entrance to Crowsnest Pass and has access to municipal water and sewer. Property can be acquired with the bordering property, Crowsnest Angler. Tremendous traffic count in front of the property.

Zoned commercial and suitable for many different activities. $190,000 CALL JOHN MLS

100 ft of Mainstreet frontage, 1,040 sqft fast food restaurant with sit down area. Full basement.

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coleman Beautiful and still affordable mountain lot in the Canadian Rockies. Great location and fantastic mountain views. This lot is flat and suitable for many different building styles.

Crowsnest Pass is a great mountain destination. The community is located on the Alberta/BC border almost equidistant between Fernie Alpine Ski Resort and Castle Mountain resort. Great access for year-round recreational activities and some of the best trail networks in the Rockies. $59,000 CALL JOHN MLS

blairmore

bellevue cafe Historic building with a mix of commercial on ground floor and residential up top. Formally known as the Bellevue Café. Private backyard. Solid foundation under the building. Perfect for a mountain get-a-way or a cool investment. $224,900 JOHN MLS

Affordable mountain get away in desirable Blairmore location. 3 bedroom, 1 bath located on a nice lot within walking distance to shopping, 4 season trails and local ski hill. Golf course nearby. Lots of room to park an RV. $231,500 CALL JOHN MLS CALL

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coleman lot Beautiful 50 x 100 ft lot. Panoramic mountain views with back lane access. Excellent value in the Canadian Rockies. Located in historic downtown Coleman. Close to four season backcountry adventures, including sledding, hiking and Alpine and Nordic skiing. $79,900 CALL JOHN MLS

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Spectacular mountain views on large, fully serviced lot, high on north rim of the valley at Kananaskis Wilds. Fantastic building site. Easy topography to work with, which is a very important when choosing a building lot in the mountains. Exciting community just off Mountain Trunk Road 940. Serviced with town water, sewer, power, telephone, high speed internet, as well as fire hydrants. Development is just a few steps from rugged mountain terrain. Close to Alberta Forest Reserve. $110,000 CALL JOHN MLS

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Build a mountain getaway or cabin. Adjacent lot also for sale. Close to historic downtown Coleman and the Art district.

Amazing area of the Crowsnest Pass, minutes from York Creek staging area, Chinook Lake, and Nordic Cross country ski trails at Allison Recreation area. 4 Season adventure is everywhere you turn. $46,000 CALL JOHN MLS

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8 – Crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, December 22, 2021

My name is Joanne Cole.

Many of you already know me because we lived in Blairmore from September 2001 to September 2014. We returned in January 2020, and I am opening an office in Blairmore this month! I will be situated in #1-12707 20th Ave beginning December 13.

I truly believe that everyone needs a trip of a lifetime—or several. I look at planning each trip for a client, as if it’s a trip of a life time, whether you travel to an all inclusive resort, climb the Inca trail in Peru, or scuba dive with great white sharks, you should feel as if you are going on your trip of a lifetime.

I graduated with Honours from Robertson College with my Travel Counsellor certification in 2015 and I haven’t looked back. I became a specialist with several companies including Australia Cape Horn & Patagonia Specialist, Globus Family of Brands Monograms and Globus Expert, Saint Lucia Expert, Collette Travel Specialist and G Adventures Travel Specialist, Air Canada Travel Specialist, ManuLife Insurance Specialist, WestJet and so many more!

The world is changing!

More and more these days people look to collect experiences rather than to collect things.

My PASSION is to help people do just that!

Sh*t happens-While you play-I stay I HAVE YOUR BACK! Hotels, airlines and other online suppliers make mistakes, weather happens, equipment fails. Would you rather spend your vacation fixing a mistake or spend it on that beach, climbing that mountain, diving that dive, or taking the ultimate photograph? I will do everything in my power to correct what ever the issue is, while you enjoy your vacation.

Pricing isn't everything-I LOOK FOR VALUE DRIVEN EXPERIENCES! I help you choose the option that is best suited for your needs and what you are looking for. I explain the price difference and give you the pros and cons of those differences.

Cheapest isn’t always best.

Down Payment vs Full Payments-ASK ME HOW! Often if you book far enough in advance you can choose the vacation make a minimum down payment, then make as many or as few payments prior to final payment date as you like, this helps with budgeting your vacation, because sometimes that can prove difficult.

I am constantly upgrading my Knowledge-MAKING ME A VALUABLE ASSEST I attend learning forums, do online training and attend Familiarization trips. This allows me to offer my products with full confidence.

With your commitment to me I work for free* THAT'S RIGHT FREE! I work closely with my companies preferred suppliers to find the experience you crave.

Then when you decide to book, that supplier pays me for my services not you! *there are some cases where a fee is charged, but not for a simple vacation.

Now let me ask you this... #WhatAreYouWaitingFor ~ #MoreThanOneTripOfALifetime ~ #AskMeHow

A Golf Course Christmas Last Sunday saw the new Crowsnest Pass Golf Course clubhouse packed with families enjoying a first rate Christmas brunch. Coincident with the brunch Santa was there to greet the kids and a cup cake decorating event was held in the downstairs board room.

Outside in the afternoon the Butterfield Acres Farm Corral provided a petting zoo with goats, sheep and rabbits for the kids to meet.

John Kinnear photos

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - CrowSneSt PASS HerALD - 9

Crowsnest Pass Symphony Christmas Concert John Kinnear photos

10 – CRowsnesT Pass HeRaLD – Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Council vote on how to Regulate Tourist Home issue DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Council was presented with a potential first reading of a new land use bylaw amendment to regulate tourist homes in the community.

Council was presented with the following information regarding two bylaws relating to tourist homes.

Bylaw 1103, 2021 is a Land Use Bylaw amendment to regulate Tourist Homes.

This is in response to

a Council direction, following complaints regarding the operation of Tourist Homes within the community.

This new bylaw proposes the following: Introduce Tourist Home – Class 1 and Tourist Home – Class 2 into specific land use districts.

Revise Schedule 3 to delete the exemption of Tourist Home from the requirement to obtain a development permit.

Provide for parking

~ Thanks ~

The Crowsnest Pass Chapter of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses was established more than fifty years ago.

The name has been changed to College and Association of Registered Nurses to better reflect the profession and regulatory mandate.

The Crowsnest Pass group of dedicated nurses worked tirelessly to promote the profession, to raise funds for other groups and projects, but especially to share a bond of friendship and support for each other.

Over the years colleagues and friends have met twice a year in the spring and at Christmas time for dinner and visiting, sharing funny stories, sad stories and rewarding stories that weaved their way through our lives as we cared for patients and Long Term Care residents.

Today only a small group of retired registered nurses remain but we continue to meet twice a year except during pandemics.

Each year we make a donation to an organization agreed to by the group.

On November 25th, 12 retired nurses met at the golf course restaurant for dinner and collected 240 dollars which was given to the Crowsnest Museum.

Even though we are retired we continue to care and share. ~ Submitted by Pat Rypien

requirements for Bed and Breakfast and Tourist Home.

Add a new Schedule 19 to provide standards for Bed and Breakfast and Tourist Home.

Amend the definitions of Bed and Breakfast and Tourist Home.

Add a new definition of Tourist Home – Class 2.

Add a new definition of Primary Residence.

Council was also provided with more detailed descriptions on each of the above regulations: Land Use Districts The land use districts where Tourist Home is introduced as a new use were identified by the presence of Bed and Breakfast as a listed use and by the locations where business licenses for existing Tourist Homes have been issued.

Permitted Use vs.

Discretionary Use Where Bed and Breakfast

was already a permitted use in a land use district, Tourist Home - Class 1 was added as a permitted use and Tourist Home Class 2 was added as a discretionary use.

Number of Rental Units - The number of guest rooms that a Bed and Breakfast can rent out is limited by the ability to provide on-site parking - one stall for every rental room. Tourist Home - Class 1 can have a maximum of two rental units (e.g. a bedroom in the main home and also a secondary suite). Tourist Home - Class 2 can have a maximum of one rental unit (e.g. either the main house or a secondary suite).

Primary Resident Presence - The operator of a Bed and Breakfast and a Tourist Home Class 1 must occupy the property as their primary residence. The operator of a Tourist Home - Class 2

is not required to occupy the property as their primary residence but must have a local manager as a contact person.

Temporary Nature of Tourist Home - Class 2 Development Permits The bylaw proposes that a development permit for Tourist Home - Class 2 shall be issued for a maximum of two years, which requires that the operator must renew their development permit in that interval. The bylaw amendment proposes that a development permit for a Bed and Breakfast and a Tourist Home can be revoked if the operation violates any Municipal Bylaw twice in 12-month period.

Council was also presented with Bylaw 1084, 2021.

That bylaw proposes amendments to the Business License Bylaw to regulate Tourist Homes.

Bylaw 1084, 2021 pro-

poses several changes to clarify wording related to Tourist Homes in particular, but also includes amendments that are housekeeping matters to clarify wording related to Mobile Vending and other matters.

Council recognizes the importance of getting these bylaws right and in a discussion during the meeting, stated that debate on this will be important to ensure Council deals with Tourist Homes in the community correctly.

Councillor Glavin moved for first reading on Bylaw 1103, 2021 and that a public hearing be set for January 25th, 2022.

That motion was carried.

Councillor Ward then moved for first reading for Bylaw 1084, 2021 and that a public hearing be set for January 25th 2022.

That motion was also carried.

Letters to the Editor continued from page 6 Should Tent Mountain Stand Dear Editor, How painful and pro-

Crowsnest Pass ProteCtive serviCes - supporting a safe community

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

Christmas truly is a special time of the year-you literally can feel the spirit in the air. Though each of us will celebrate the season in different ways I feel there is a strong sense of friends and family. I have been very fortunate in my life (and I don’t mean from a financial sense). I grew up in a large family on a small farm in southwest Saskatchewan. We never had fancy, extravagant Christmas’ but we always managed to have food on the table and a few presents for the kids. Perhaps just an opinion, but I feel we have been conditioned by commerce to associate Christmas with spending money. Unfortunately, this is a holiday pressure that many people can’t afford and it in turn causes stress and feelings of inadequacy. I think most people, reflecting on their best memories, will remember the food they ate, times with friends and family, and warm experiences.

I have been in the Crowsnest Pass officially for 5 years now and we are blessed to have wonderful friends, a great work environment, and a warm house to live in. For this Christmas season, I would challenge you to make a difference in someone’s day by passing a compliment or doing a small act of kindness. It could be what they need to help them get through a struggle they are dealing with. From my family and all the wonderful people I work with, Merry Christmas.

Go out and have fun-but be safe and be prepared!

- Jesse Fox-Fire Chief

industry strategic to find that, amid the Covid pandemic, social upheaval, wild weather, and attempts to salvage Christmas, the people of Canada have to drop their daily needs and concerns to rise above the rising riptide of daily chaos and write, during the pre-Christmas rush, to the Government of Canada in the hope of saving Alberta’s headwaters from a mountain-leveling coal mine.

I write—in strong opposition!—in response to Montem’s proposal to create an open-pit coal mine that would, if approved, effectively remove Tent Mountain from the headwaters of the Oldman River, obliterate the mountain’s status as a landscape-defining component of the Alberta/British Columbia border, and eliminate the mountain as a place name in Canada.

The proposal presents obvious and profound threats, quantitatively and qualitatively, to water.

And here in southern Alberta, water, essential to life, is already threatened.

It’s an increasingly rare and precious commodity.

I write, too, in expectation that the project, if approved, will have a profound negative impact on human health, and on the health of all life on the downstream, downwind

land.

And there’s this: Prominent geologists have reported that Tent Mountain’s coal reserves pale in both quality and quantity when compared with coal reserves currently available.

I believe the region’s populace and its most viable long-range economic potential are best served by preserving the land’s world-class beauty, its ecological diversity. These raw and defining natural components constitute the gold standard that, today, paves the road to future prosperity. Openpit coal mines have no place in this picture because they, in addition to the intense destruction they cause, kill other forms of economic opportunity and, ultimately, overwhelm and eliminate the land’s head-turning splendor, its mountainparadise intrigue, its virtue and appeal … its capacity to deliver sustained, long-range revenue.

The current proposal for mountaintop-removal coal mining of Tent Mountain, if approved, can be expected to add orders of magnitude to the mountain’s existing level of ecological destruction, contribute to global warming, reduce the capacity of the headwaters landscape to capture and

store water, and degrade the water that is released due to elevated concentrations of arsenic, selenium, and other toxins.

The people of Alberta—and particularly the people of southern Alberta—rely on the provincial and federal governments to protect and safeguard Canada’s water. It’s a vital and precious resource, and here in southern Alberta it’s in short supply. Alberta’s mountains and foothills capture, store, and slowly release this life-sustaining resource. Water is the lifeblood of southern Alberta. And the rivers of southern Alberta are essential to downstream users in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The bottom line: Alberta’s headwaters landscapes must be treated as ecological gold mines.

Water on Alberta’s Eastern Slopes is gold. It’s priceless, it’s rare, and it’s increasingly in peril.

Canada can not allow it to be squandered, stolen, or poisoned.

Alberta and Canada need to demonstrate, to Albertans, the Canadian populace, and to the world, that the elected provincial and federal governments are capable of governing Alberta and Canada, and saving Canada for the people of Canada.

David McIntyre

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Council presented with new skate park proposal DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Council was presented with the beginnings of a proposal to build a new skate park in Flumerfelt Park.

The current proposal would see the skate park replace the volleyball nets at Flumerfelt Park.

Ian Gauthier, the Treasurer for the Southwest Alberta Skateboard Society, told Council this location would be ideal due to the visibility from the highway, it compliments the restoration of downtown Coleman, there are already washroom facilities in the park, and it also has parking, shade and is close to other amenities.

Currently, Gauthier says they are in the early stages of this project and all they are currently working on is a project scale and budget, site selection, fundraising and public outreach.

Gauthier added that he is looking for the municipality’s help in completing a site analysis to ensure the logistics of a skate park in Flumerfelt Park work.

Gauthier used the Taber skateboard park as a comparison for the proposed Flumerfelt Park site for size.

"We're looking at 8,000-10,000 square feet. The Taber skateboard park is 13,000 square feet of skateable terrain with an 18,000 square foot footprint. It's been a very popular park. The Taber one also has a spray park close by."

For fundraising, Gauthier says they will look at different grants and will also approach local businesses and other fundraisers to come up with the majority of the funds.

Gauthier also mentioned that they are looking into hiring Pincher Creek Grant Specialist Liza Dawber to apply for the necessary grants to get the project underway.

Gauthier says a plaque will be placed at the skate park with a list of all companies who donated to the project.

According to Gauthier, there is also an opportunity to partner with the Lethbridge Skateboard Association in the hosting of the annual skate of the art fundraiser and receive some of the funds from that event.

Overall, Council was pleased with the presentation and agreed to have this topic brought back for discussion at a later date.

Following the presentation, Councillor Ward made a motion that Council accept the presentation as information and that he looks forward to having Administration bring back this topic in the new year. The motion was carried.

Thunder Hockey update CNP U7 vs. Fernie A team Fernie took the victory of 11-7 Chase Plowman shot it, bounced off the post and Beau Houda shot the puck is the top left hand corner of the net.

Reggie Davis scored 2 goals Jax Bjorgan scored his first goal which was assisted by Reggie Davis.

Kyson Mckee took a shot on net and the puck stopped just before the net, Weston Sagrefena scooped in for the puck and shot it in with a minute remaining in the 2nd period.

The boys played hard on Friday evening in Fernie.

The U7 Thunder now have a bit of a break for Christmas and their next game will be January 15th in Sparwood where they will attend the Sparwood Kodiaks home tournament, game times to be announced.

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12 – CROWSNEST PaSS hERaLD – Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Livingstone Range School Division news and update FRANK MCTIGHE Contributor

School division realizes $864,146 surplus Livingstone Range School Division had a surplus of about $846,146 in 2020-’21.

Trustees received a report on the audited financial statements during the Nov. 30 board meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

The year was really uncertain,” associate superintendent of business

services Jeff Perry said.

“There were a lot of reasons as to why we had a surplus at the end of this year.”

Livingstone Range realized close to $53-million in revenue, and spent almost $52-million.

That left the school division with a surplus of $846,146 for 2020-’21.

The money will come in handy over the next two years as provincial funding decreases.

The division’s audit committee met with the

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auditor Nov. 29 to review the financial statements.

The audit committee includes school board chair Lacey Poytress, trustees Lori Hodges and Carla Gimber, and public members Marilyn Welsch and Martha Ratcliffe.

Perry and director of finance Anthony Burdett were also at the meeting with the auditor.

Perry noted the auditor is required to provide an opinion of the school division’s financial statement.

“That opinion is a clean opinion,” Perry said.

“In their opinion the financial statements reflect the financial position as of Aug. 31, 2021.”

Livingstone Range has $13.8-million in financial assets, that is cash, accounts receivable and investments.

Perry said that is an increase of about $634,000 from the prior year.

The school division has $8.7-million in liabilities such as accounts payable and deferred revenues, which is up about $350,000 from the prior year.

That leaves the school division with $5.1-million in net financial assets.

Perry told trustees the school division has $52.6million in non-financial as-

sets, which includes buildings, equipment and buses as well as pre-paid items such as software.

The school division has $44.6-million in deferred capital contributions, which is money that has been spent but is amortized over time.

Livingstone Range is left with $13.1-million in net assets, an increase of about $864,000 from the prior year.

Perry said the $864,146 surplus is a result of planned spending that did not happen.

“We budgeted for the most part for a normal year,” Perry said.

The budget was prepared knowing that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic school had been on-line but students were expected to be back in school.

Because of the pandemic, the school division ended up spending less than budgeted on certificated salaries and benefits, substitute teachers, school activities, transportation, maintenance, insurance and system administration.

“The year did not go as planned,” Perry said.

“There were many areas where we underspent.”

Perry told trustees the $864,146 surplus will help the school division with a $2.2-million reduction in provincial funding over the next two years.

Trustees approve Annual Education Results report Livingstone Range School Board adopted a report last week that showcases the results of the past year.

Trustees approved the Annual Education Results report during their Nov. 30 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

“This particular year was probably unlike any other,” superintendent

Darryl Seguin said.

Seguin said the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the education system, bringing with it mandatory masks, grouping students in cohorts, limited extracurricular activities and students moving to and from classrooms to on-line learning.

The Annual Education Results report is required under the government’s Education Act. Trustees are to use the report as a guide to improve outcomes for students and ensure they can acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to be successful and contributing members of society.

“It’s really great to see the AER,” trustee Lori Hodges said. “In the pandemic we could have chosen not to move ahead with a lot of our initiative, our engagement and everything like that because we weren’t sure where we were, where it was headed, and what was going to happen.”

“It’s really encouraging to see all the great things we were still able to accomplish in the multiple years of the pandemic. I’m excited to share this with the public.”

The province’s new format has the school division reporting in the following five domains: • Student growth and achievement.

• Teaching and leading.

• Learning supports.

• Governance.

• Local and societal context.

“That’s how this report is structured this year,” Seguin said. “That is certainly a different format than in the past but I’m excited about some of the changes.”

“I think it allows us a little more freedom and flexibility to tell our story.”

Integrated throughout

the document are Livingstone Range’s mission, vision and core values.

The mission 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.

Seguin said stakeholder engagement is a focus in the province’s new assurance model.

“The board of trustees has done an excellent job in trying to engage stakeholders in planning and reporting processes,” Seguin said.

That included seeking input on school calendars and defining student success.

The report outlines the school division’s goals, outcomes and strategies in the areas of leadership, culture and academics.

The report contains the results of the Alberta Education Assurance Measure surveys done last spring.

Livingstone Range School Division’s audited financial statements are part of the report.

There is a budget summary as well as a breakdown of spending in various areas.

There is a summary of capital and facilities projects in Livingstone Range, and notes the modernization of J.T. Foster school in Nanton remains the No. 1 facilities priority.

Seguin praised the division’s staff for the many good things that happened in Livingstone Range during trying times.

“Our staff is so professional,” Seguin said. “They always want what’s best for kids.”

The report is to be posted on the school division’s Web site, www.lrsd.ca.

Curling Santa?

Santa joined the seniors for their latest curling outing at the Coleman Sportsplex.

Residents are encouraged to still come out for the curling season. There are different leagues playing on different nights throughout the week. Contact the Curling Club for more information.

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - crowsnesT PAss HerALD - 13

Looking Back

By John Kinnear

Andraya Teresa Marie Traversano-Angels and Butterflies Christmas is usually a time of reflection and giving thanks for all that we have. A time for sharing and caring. Unfortunately, in this perilous world that we now live in, your life can be changed in an instant. A game changing event can sweep into the world in which we live, from out of nowhere; dealing you a hand that you may never would have contemplated possible. It leaves you wondering, how could this happen to me?

Often it is an event that is not diminished by time. It can be particularly hard to deal with, as all around you there appears to be nothing but good cheer, as we move towards the celebration of Christmas. We all suffer painful losses in our lives and I am no stranger to that fact. What I do know is that those around us share in that pain and support us through it. Having said that, I would like to share a Christmas story with you, one that happened to me recently, serendipitously. It is the story of two angels, one that was with me and one that is with the Lord.

Apparently I have become fairly well known for my Crowsnest Network Facebook posts, where I like to focus on the positive and share the beauty around us. Recently I posted a set of pictures of my wife’s wonderful collection of crèches. Nativity scenes in ceramic, crystal, paper mache and wood. I marched them out again this year and set them up in her memory and then I followed that crèche post up, a short time after, with yet another post. It was about accidentally discovering that, in a large colour-changing angel that we had owned for many years, there was a nativity scene inside its swirling coloured base. I shared a picture of the angel itself and a close-up of the baby Jesus inside the angel to the Crowsnest Network. The angel post resonated strongly and the comments following the post brought forth an inquiry from a young woman through Facebook Messenger to me.

Her name is Hanna Traversano and she asked where I had got the angel. She mentioned that she had lost a twomonth-old baby some time back and that she was very taken with that angel and the baby image within it. For those of you who know me, it will come as no surprise that this comment went straight into my heart. I contacted Hanna, met up with her and presented her with this beautiful family keepsake. It is said that the best and truest gift one can give is that which you yourself cherish. I asked Hanna about the story of Andraya and then, with her permission, decided it might be nice to share their healing journey with you, the readers.

Hanna told me that Andraya was a beautiful blonde-haired dark-eyed baby, born June 13th, 2019. She said that her angel Andraya had the sweetest little giggle and smiled constantly. Her big sister Alexxa and big brother Jaxxson loved her dearly and were always trying to help with feeding her, soothing her and just giving little tickles to make her giggle. Back in the late spring of 2019 they took a weekend off to get away for a few days and when they arrived home, later that Tuesday evening, they put Andraya down for a nap and she was fussing a bit. They carried on with unpacking and getting settled and then went in to check on her, only to find she was not breathing and limp.

I cannot for the life of me imagine that moment. They realized that Andraya was slipping away from them and tried everything they could do revive her including CPR, something no mother ever expects to have to do for their child. They elicited the help from a passer-by, a gal by the name of Beth Pounder, who was on her daily walk. Beth took over CPR until the ambulance got there and Hanna’s husband Dominic ran out into the street for help where another lady offered to take the kids until they knew what was going on.

They were then taken to the hospital with Andraya in the ambulance and Dominic and Hanna in a police cruiser. Doctors and nurses at Crowsnest Hospital tried everything they could to bring their baby girl Andraya back but to no avail.

Hanna said it was the hardest day of their lives and they still mourn her and remember her sweet brief time on earth. Not a day goes by that their angel does not come to mind and hardest of all are the holidays, as they feel she should be there, celebrating with them.

They only had her two short months but Andraya will never leave their hearts.

Shortly after Andraya passed away they found out they were expecting again. Hanna said that everyone kept telling them that Andraya couldn't be here with them, so she gave them a miracle baby in honour of her life. That baby is now a 19-month-old little boy named Dakotah and they believe Andraya looks down on him the most and cherishes her baby brother to the moon and back.

When I reached out to Hanna she was very gracious and open about Andraya’s story. She shared images with me including one of a special display cabinet that she has that contains memorabilia, gifts from people as well as her urn, her baby shirt and Christmas ornaments. There are also two multiple picture displays that are full of images of their angel. What caught my eye in among these displays are butterflies. It was then that I knew that this by chance connection was meant to be.

Before I lost my Lorraine I asked her repeatedly to send me a sign, to show me that she was there with me. It wasn’t until late in the summer of 2020 that I realized that she had. I was desperate to see that link, to know she was there. Everywhere I went on my searching hikes there were black butterflies. They followed me up mountainsides and down through the meandering creeks I explored. My house is full of butterflies, jewellery, art work, stained glass, hanging displays. How could I have not seen this? How could I have not realized that was how the sign would come? It was like the nativity scene in the angel.

It was right there in front of me and I didn’t realize it.

Hanna said that they actually consulted a medium, something my Lorraine did many years ago. The medium told them that whenever they saw butterflies about them that it would be their sign that Andraya was with them. All that summer after Andraya passed they were surrounded by butterflies as they camped. Ever since then they have been collecting angels and butterflies because they know she will be a part of them always. I know this to be true also.

Andraya’s middle names are from Hanna’s mother and her grandmother, Teresa and Marie. The loss of a child to SIDS is a heartbreaking one. They were told that there was nothing they could have done. The medical report indicated natural causes, there were no underlying factors. Andraya was healthy and it was felt that, as early as it was, it was just her time and that she took her last breath as she slept.

We could all do well to be mindful, through this festive season, of the fact that none of us are immune to the unpredictable twists and turns that are such a part of our lives here on earth. Let’s acknowledge this season, not just those that are with us now but also those that have gone before us. Many of us this season will be remembering undoubtedly our loved ones that are now with us in spirit only. From Hanna, Dominic, Alexxa, Jaxxson, Dakotah, Photos from top: The glowing angel that found a new home; The my wife Lorraine and I, comes a heartfelt wish to all. It is that everyone has a wonderful family Christmas spent Baby Jesus inside that angel" (John Kinnear phtoto) together this year in love.

Baby Andraya Teresa Marie Traversano; Andraya's commemoraAuthor’s Note: The name of this angel will continue to roll through my mind all through the season. Say her tive display; The Traversano Family with the angel. (Hanna Traversano photos name out loud and it is almost like a prayer. “Andraya Teresa Marie Traversano”. God bless your sweet soul.

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In loving memory of

Kathy (Price) Malzseniczky February 1954 – December 21, 2017 It has been 4 years since you have been gone I often wonder what went wrong.

My heart still aches Because I didn’t want you gone.

I know the Lord has taken you in his arms To keep you from harm.

I wish you were still here to share more Christmas’ with me.

This would make me happy to have you there.

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Always thinking of you Loving you – your husband Max

PETER GINO ZAZZARA March 22, 1958 ~ December 11, 2021 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Zazzara on December 11, 2021 at the Chinook Regional Hospital, Lethbridge, AB. He was 63 years of age.

Peter was born in New Westminster, BC on March 22, 1958 to loving parents, Rena and Gino Zazzara. He grew up to be a kind gentleman who captured the attention of a lovely young lady, Tracy Ruby. The happy couple wed on July 8, 1989 and had thirty-two years of a loving marriage.

In his free time, Peter liked to playing poker, golfing, camping, watching sports and he never passed up an opportunity to visit with cherished family and friends. May precious memories of Peter bring comfort to all who knew and loved him. He will be forever loved and fondly remembered by all who knew him.

Left to mourn his passing and celebrate his life include his son, Ray Zazzara; his brother, Wayne Zazzara; his sister, Christine Zazzara; his nieces and nephews; his goddaughters, Tykara Gramm and Shelby (Colton) Weatherill; and his dear friend, Denise Bradley.

He is predeceased by his wife, Tracy Zazzara; his parents, Rena and Gino Zazzara; his brother, Ray Zazzara; and his sister, Jeanette Zazzara.

There will be no funeral service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be gratefully accepted by the Heart & Stroke Foundation (www.heartandstroke.ca). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

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

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - crowsnest PAss HerALD - 15

CCHS Creative Writing TODAY

By Quinn Douglas

Paralysis Tiana Hamilton

Here Rhylee Duff

I killed myself today Could not withstand the pain The hate that I harboured When I'd hear my name.

He leered more frequently than he had before. Imperfectly posed, coming closer towards me every time my eyes dared to flutter shut. I used to find solitude in the darkness, a place I could be my truest self.

Now, the darkness only brought just that.

Darkness. I could hardly catch my breath. It was as if a shadow had been cast into my lungs, hindering them from being able to rise and fall freely. I could feel his presence closer now, as if the darkness could reach his hands around my neck. I couldn’t move.

As much as I tried to break free, my screams became silenced, and my body paralyzed. I wish I could tell you I didn’t give up, but the fight was over before it had begun. I had become a prisoner to this dystopia.

You are so soft when you are talking about your family, And I am so small when I am holding your warm hands.

I have never known peace, but, You are the peacekeeper to the war that is inside my head.

You took the screaming person inside my mind and held them tight. ¨you are loved, you are loved, you are loved¨ You whispered to them.

Being in your arms is the only place I want to spend the rest of my life.

That I never planned on, living.

So with a warm embrace I laid him in his grave That self-loathing martyr...

I ¨love¨ who remains.

Stardrops

By Peyton McAauley When he looks at his face, all he can see is stars In the reflection of his visor of course, but there’s more beyond that He looks at his friend’s eyes; The most wondrous binary star system, two luminous blue supergiants.

The tears that float weightlessly in his companion’s helmet; White dwarf stars, like the ones hundreds of billions of miles away They’re surrounded by stars If he wanted to see real stars, he could turn away Turn away, look around, any direction he wants The universe displays that for him, as a gift in their final moments As their oxygen begins to run thin Yet he chooses to stare into his brother’s eyes Because that sight is infinitely more beautiful than anything, Anything else the universe could offer

A Christmas Card

By Maya Veldman Scribbling my Christmas wishes across the card, sweat drips down my neck and soaks into my ugly Christmas sweater. Cramps form in my fingers forcing me to stop, looking up and I gaze out my window. The snow swirls around into a bright white blinding mess. It takes a moment for my eyes to adjust but as they focus I see the fragile, miniature snowflakes that stick to the window.

Dainty arms and legs sprout out the center into unique patterns and shapes. Blowing away they get sucked back into the tornadoes of snow. A soft smile forms as I flip the page of the card shut. This Christmas will be unique, unlike every other one, but in the end it will still all be one memory.

Oleander, I find you in groups of trees, One leather leaf, And my hearts stops while my throat turns blue

Spring

By Lilou Gravel

Jimsonweed, Your smell is absolutely vile, Nectar is a pure white What a contrast you are

Walking into the kitchen on a warm spring morning Movement in the far window catches my eye Two black glossy eyes stare into mine -

A.J. Jensen-Moen

I freeze so I don’t scare it It moves forward slowly Awed by what it sees A slightly wet nose taps the glass It jumps back in fear Now that it’s not so close I can see it clearly

Excerpt from a short story called ANNA

By Tressa Murray

Thin wobbly legs Its light brown fur Speckled with white spots

Amy sits at the desk behind me. She is the baby of her family, but looks nothing like them. They are all olived skinned, with rich dark hair, and stunning. Your typical prominent Italian family type. Everyone has 3 middle names, which makes them seem stuffy and sophisticated. Amylia Isabella Camile Mia Romano, looks… well, German. You could swear she was adopted. She just so happened to take after her grandma, this adorable round-cheeked, button-nosed, blue-eyed farm girl from a no-name-town in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful, not in a high fashion kinda way, a softer warmer kind of beautiful. For a lot of people I bet it would have made them bitter, but not Amy. She is all humility. There's a prayer from this one radicalized church, “I accept the things I cannot change, and ask for the wisdom to know the difference .” I’m not religious but I feel it applies here. She chose to accept what she couldn’t change, and it made her a better person.

It’s a fawn that stares back at me through the window A larger one appears behind it Another fawn accompanies it She walks along the cut path behind our house Fawns bouncing along after her What a joy to see this every spring Now I will get to watch them grow up All through summer, fall and winter Then next spring the cycle will begin again

(Modern Haiku) Hope Hope is to despair And to despair is to fall into a vast abyss Charisse

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Connection Chamber Corner

Your New Chamber Executive The new Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce Board has been selected for the upcoming year.

Here is the new board pictured left to right: Melisa Atkinson (Secretary) - Co-Owner of Greg's Liquor, Dianne Gray (Vice President) - Executive Director of Crowsnest Community Support Society, Koral Lazzarotto (Treasurer)- Co-Owner of K&M Custom Homes, Daina Lazzarotto (President)- Office Manager of Crowsnest Pass Golf Club, Brad Edmondson (Director)- Owner of Crow Works Engraving & Signs, Tim May (Director)Manager of Rum Runner, Bryce Andreasen (Director)- Branch Manager of Scotia Bank Blairmore.

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December 22, 2021 ~ Christmas Greeter

CROWSNEST PASS

HERALD

Christmas Greeter

from Lisa, David, Mike, Betty, John, Shirley, Meechie & Quinn

Thank you for your continued support!

2 – Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from THE PASS HERALD – Wednesday, December 22, 2021

2021 Christmas Greetings Pizza Co. Warmest wishes and thank you for your support. Have a wonderful 2022.

Located at Crowsnest Mall

403-564-4545

The Season’s Best!

8325-20th Ave., Coleman Blair Painter

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Thank you to all our Customers, Friends, Family and Staff - You’re the best!

Mark & Dawn

Country Encounters & Hospitality

403-563-5299

Mayor - Municipality of Crowsnest Pass

Take a look around at the beauty that we enjoy here in the Crowsnest Pass. Christmas is a beautiful time of year. Take this opportunity to reflect on what Christmas is all about and enjoy time with family and friends.

Please be mindful of the health restrictions and be respectful when your out shopping or in public.

If everyone does their part, perhaps, we will get through this pandemic a lot quicker.

Christmas is a time for giving. Keep an eye on your neighbor and share the blessings that you are able to give. It could be something as small as a “hello”, or maybe they need help getting groceries, or shoveling their sidewalk. You will find this enriches your life and it will share the Christmas spirit.

This is what being from the Crowsnest Pass is all about, kindness, friendliness and being good old fashion neighbourly.

On behalf of your

Municipal Council, Administration and Staff of the Crowsnest Pass, I am wishing you all Peace and Joy during this wonderful season. Merry Christmas.

2021 New Year’s Message With the new year fast approaching we are optimistic for 2022. We see the potential for continued growth and opportunity in our community.

As 2021 reaches its final days, we have 2022 to look forward to. With

a New Year there is the opportunity to start fresh.

May the new year be filled with all your hopes and dreams.

I hope that 2022 brings lots of happiness, good health and the end of COVID all together.

Make plans for a safe New Year’s celebration.

On behalf of your Municipal Council, Administration and Staff of the Crowsnest Pass, I am wishing you all great blessings in the New Year!

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from THE PASS HERALD - 3

Merry ChristMas and all the best in 2022 thank you for your patronage.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from all of us at

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Season’s Greetings from all of us at

12537-20th Ave., Blairmore 403-562-2900

DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Well, we’ve gotten through another year.

It’s another year that’s seemed to go by fairly quickly for me.

It doesn’t feel like it’s all that long ago that I was writing last year’s column for our Christmas Greeter.

I’m really looking forward to this year’s Christmas.

I’ve got some fun stuff planned this year over the Christmas break.

This year, with easing of restrictions, my family will be able to celebrate

wishes you a Merry Christmas and continued success in the New Year

together under one roof.

My one brother and sister-in-law in Ontario unfortunately won’t be able to come again this year but everyone else will be able to be together in person.

I’m very happy that’s the case this year.

I’m also going to Edmonton starting Boxing Day and will be there until January 6th taking in the World Junior Hockey Championship with friends.

The yearly tournament is always a highlight of the Christmas and New Year’s season for me.

While going to the tournament live will take away a large chunk of the time I would normally be able to spend with family, being able to get tickets to the event is so hard to begin with so when I was able to I wasn’t going to pass up the chance.

While Christmas may not be perfectly normal this year for everyone, I still hope that everyone is able to have an enjoyable time over the Christmas holidays.

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Holy Trinity Catholic Parish Christmas is a memorable historic event through which the heavenly God became earthly man and dwelt among us. God gave us His only Son as the ultimate proof of His love for us.

Jesus needs to be born in us and in our world, a world darkened by human pride and sin. We need a Bethlehem experience in our lives. Thank you all for your co-operation and participation in Holy Trinity R.C. Parish events. We unite with you in joyful praise and thanksgiving, celebrating the birth of Jesus our Saviour. Christmas is a celebration of remembering and of thankfulness. God, our Father, sent His Son to be our Saviour. God became human. Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary, opened our way to the Father. Praying that your Christmas celebrations will be touched with His love and joy, and the coming year 2022 be filled with all His special blessings.

Fr. Joseph Nagothu Deacon Reno Castellarin

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE Christmas Eve Friday, December 24th - 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm.

Christmas Day Saturday, December 25th - 10:00 am No Saturday evening Mass NEW YEAR'S MASS SCHEDULE New Year's Eve Friday, December 31 st - 5:00pm New Year's Day Mass Mary Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation) Saturday, January 1st 2022 - 10:00am No Saturday evening Mass

4 – Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from THE PASS HERALD – Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Blairmore Precision Machining & Welding

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Sentinel Rd, Coleman (403) 562-2884

Ben Wong Restaurant

13249-20th Ave., Blairmore 403-562-8388

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Open: Dec. 24 - 11 am - 9 pm Ask About Specials CLOSeD: Dec. 25, 26, & 27 Open Dec. 31 - 11 am - 9 pm Ask About Specials January 1 - 12 noon - 9 pm piCk up • SOme DeLivery 13249 - 20 Ave., Blairmore 403-562-8388

Kids Kollege • All classes I asked the children in our class the following questions during their time at preschool (the children currently in our program are all ages 34):

sticks.

3) Reindeer food on the deck and good food for Santa. I like you Santa cause you have a cool beard, reindeer and you bring presents.

1) Describe in your own words where you live so Santa can find your house.

2) What would you like for Christmas?

3) What will you leave out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve? and this is what they said:

LILY 1) It is in Lundbreck. It's yellow. Find the biggest house.

2) I just want a jungle toy. It will be as big as you and my Dad! 3) I don't know.

GAUGE 1) The green wood one. I will call him to tell him.

2) I don't know what I want for Christmas...lots of quads with my name on them and quads with toys.

3) Maybe real cookies and candy.

JAY 1) Go a left and a right and a big hill then go over, then a left and a right and that's our house. We have two chimneys at our house and small tires on my Mom's truck and big tires on my Dad's truck.

2) Two trucks with remote controls, a piano, a guitar, a drum with two

LOGAN 1) Well it's white and black and glass and the top is brown.

2) Bluey a human dog, mommy stuffie and sister stuffie and a stuffie dad...there's two kids and two parents. Bluey's family.

3) Carrots.

LOUIS 1) In Canada.

2) I don't know. I want something but I don't know what I want.

3) I think my Batman maybe. I don't know what else.

MARLEE 1) We moved to our new house in our new town. There's another town on top and another town far away

where we used to live. Our house is in the middle. It's in the mountains.

It's so boring the old town. We live in a new town down the road.

2) A doll that closes its eyes when it goes to sleep and it wakes up in the morning and has breakfast.

3) Ummm, another Santa balloon, one Santa balloon.

MCKENNA 1) It's blue with toys outside. With big trees.

2) A rainbow narwhal, a mermaid, and a Na na na doll/car.

3) Milk, cookies, carrots, water.

TESLA 1) Well you go over then stop. Then go that way, and that's how you go.

2) I like toys. I want a green and purple unicorn stuffie toy. It dances with me that's why it has a horn and has dancing shoes, that's why.

3) 6 apples for all of them.

WESLEY 1) My house is white and in a town.

My mom's black truck is parked by it.

2) A combine.

3) Some strawberry snakes.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hours: Dec. 24 8 am - 6 pm Dec. 26 9 am - 6 pm Dec. 31 8 am - 6 pm Jan. 1st 9 am - 6 pm

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from THE PASS HERALD - 5

Greg’s Liquor Store Season’s Greetings from the staff.

8342-20th Ave., Coleman 403-562-2241

Season’s Greetings

Royal Canadian Legion Coleman Branch #9

Holy Trinity Fr. Joseph Nagothu and Deacon Renso Castellarin

Greeting and best wishes from Holy Trinity Church, Blairmore. Thank you so much for your support and participation in Holy Trinity Church events especially during COVID-29 pandemic.

Hope you are doing well.

I would like to remember and pray for all of you in special ways during this

Prayer Centre

403.563.3964

Bill White

Chris’ Restaurant

Merry Christmas!

Downtown Coleman (403) 563-3093

Fantin’s Wishing you a beautiful holiday Funeral season and a new Chapel year of peace 403.562-8555 and happiness.

Christmas celebration.

May you have the spirit of Christmas which is Peace. The gladness of Christmas which is Hope.

The heart of Christmas which is Love.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2022. May the good Lord bless you and keep you very close to His heart. Lots of love and prayers.

From your Prayer Centre we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. Visit us in Bellevue only as the

rules of the COVID 19 will allow.

We love you all and always like to just chat and get acquainted. Remember Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

Different ways to give greetings French: Joyeux Noël German: Frohe Weinachten Spanish: Feliz Navidad Italian: Buon Natale Portuguese: Feliz Natal Dutch: Vrolijk kerstfeest Romanian: Crăciun fericit Polish: Wesołych świąt Bożego Narodzenia Swedish: God Jul Czech: Veselé Vánoce

nowego roku Swedish: Gott nytt år Czech: Šťastný Nový rok

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year The holidays are in full bloom, and we just want to wish you every happiness, and express our sincere appreciation for your kindness.

All the best to everyone!

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Streaming Christmas Eve Service at 7 pm Crowsnest Community Christian Centre Watch for info. on our website crowsnestchristiancentre.com or on our Facebook page at Crowsnest Christian Centre

PAStor Al robinSon Donations go to directly to our local Food Bank. there will be no service on Christmas Day.

French: Bonne Année German: Gutes Neues Jahr

From our families to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”

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Spanish: Feliz Año Nuevo Italian: Felice Anno Nuovo Portuguese: Feliz Ano Novo Dutch: Gelukkig nieuwjaar Romanian: Un an nou fericit Polish: Szczęśliwego

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12823 20 Ave., Blairmore (403) 562-8844

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very happy New Year – from Management & staff.

2022

6 – Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from THE PASS HERALD – Wednesday, December 22, 2021

The Labour of Surrender Crowsnest Community Christian Centre During the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent from God’s presence to an unmarried girl named Mary, living in Nazareth, a village in Galilee. She was engaged to a man named Joseph, a true descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Rejoice, beloved young woman, for the Lord is with you and you are anointed with great favor.”

Mary was deeply troubled over the words of the

angel and bewildered over what this may mean for her. But the angel reassured her, saying, “Do not yield to your fear, Mary, for the Lord has found delight in you and has chosen to surprise you with a wonderful gift. You will become pregnant with a baby boy, and you are to name him Jesus.

He will be supreme and will be known as the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God will enthrone him as King on the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign as King of Israel forever, and his reign will have no limit.”

Mary said, “But how

could this happen? I am still a virgin!”

Gabriel answered, “The Spirit of Holiness will fall upon you and almighty God will spread his shadow of power over you in a cloud of glory! This is why the child born to you will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. What’s more, your aged aunt Elizabeth, has also become pregnant with a son.

The ‘barren one’ is now in her sixth month. Not one promise from God is empty of power. Nothing is impossible with God!” Then Mary responded, saying, “Yes! I will be a

mother for the Lord! As his servant, I accept whatever he has for me. May everything you have told me come to pass.” And the angel left her. (Luke 1: 2638 TPT) This text is so rich, I could ponder it for days, but for the sake of the reader, I will keep it short and to the point What I would like to focus on is Mary’s YES. Mary said yes to God’s invitation.

In some translations it describes Mary as deeply troubled, confused and disturbed, and greatly perplexed. I can imagine it would be all of that and so much more. The angel

Gabriel obviously notices her shock and lets her know not to be afraid and that she has found favor with the Lord or, in one translation (CEB), it reads “God is honoring you”.

That is incredible….

God is honoring you. Mary said YES to the invitation of favor and honor. Let’s be honest though, that is not all that she said yes to. Did she “count the cost”? Unmarried…. pregnant how?... labour…. social stigma...mothering a babe… parenting a child/youth…and all the unknown to she had gave consent to.

Mary’s “YES” started a journey of both the miraculous and the ordinary. A journey of waiting and trusting. A journey of surrendering her plan in place of God’s timely plan.You see, like any pregnancy, even one that began through miraculous conception, there is still 40 weeks of developing in utero, 9 months of waiting….and wondering. 9 months of a changing and expanding body…and 9 months of wonder and discomfort. Let’s not forget the labour…the delivery….and then the nurturing and raising of a child, all the while wondering about the astounding words spoken about this little one. None of this happens over night.

All of this came at a cost.

Jesus’ ministry did not begin until he was 31. 31!

So that means Mary was a mother to Jesus for 31 years of holding the promise that was delivered so long ago from the angel Gabriel. I wonder at times if she ever questioned, with life being so ordinary and the wait so long, if she had heard accurately?

Mary chose to participate with God. She chose love over fear. God chose to take on the physicality and the limitations of our humanity.

Sometimes we can miss the invitations from the Lord because they seem ordinary, too ordinary to believe it is God. Sometimes on our journey we get tired of waiting and we wonder…. did we hear accurately?

I want to remind you and encourage you, that surrendering your limits are the very place where heaven touches earth and where God ends up being seen.

Our prayer is that you would know that you too are highly favoured by God that He has a plan and a purpose for your life.

God coming to you. He speaks life into you. He has come for you.

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, And the government will be upon His shoulder And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Might God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

(Isaiah 9:6)

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Donna’s Day Care Letters This Christmas, I am 6 years old. This year, I have been good some of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is an Easy Bake Oven and a toy guitar and I promise to leave out cookie and milk for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Bridget. P.S. Please say hi to Mrs. Clause for me.

This Christmas, I am 1 years old. This year, I have been naught (but nice). What I would like most this Christmas is a new doll and Peppa Pig and I promise to leave out milk and cookie and Milk for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Quinn. P.S. Please say hi to the Elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a Monster Trucks and little cowboys and I promise to leave out cookie for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Gus. P.S. Please say hi to the reindeer for me.

This Christmas, I am 2 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a guitar and a Paw Patrol and I promise to leave out cracker for you.

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This Christmas, I am 1.5 years old. This year, I have been naughty (but nice). What I would like most this Christmas is a new necklace and a princess palace and I promise to leave out cookies for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Mila. P.S. Please say hi to Mrs. Clause for me.

This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year, I have been good some of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is Paw Patrol Tower and Play-doh food truck and I promise to leave out chocolates for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Haryln. P.S. Please say hi to the Elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a blue tablet and play-doh and I promise to leave out milk and cookies for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Xavier. P.S. Please say hi to the Elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a Smasher truck and a horse and I promise to leave out milk and cookies for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Liam. P.S. Please say hi to the Mrs. Clause for me.

This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is Paw Patrol Headquarters and Paw Patrol Airplane and I promise to leave out a Spiderman costume for you.

Merry Christmas Santa, love Ridge. P.S. Please say hi to the elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year, I have been good some of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a new bike and roller skates and I prom-

ise to leave out cookies for you.

Merry Christmas Santa, love Colter. P.S. Please say hi to the reindeer for me.

This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a green camera and a cat and I promise to leave out milk and cereal for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Bennett. P.S. Please say hi to all the reindeer and Rudolph for me.

This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a new scooter and chocolate and I promise to leave out some cookies for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Haven. P.S. Please say hi to the Mrs. Clause and the elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a new garbage truck with a garbage in it and a police car with a remote and I promise to leave out some cookies and milk for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Gordon.

P.S. Please say hi to the Mrs. Clause and the elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year, I have been naughty (but nice). What I would like most this Christmas is skates and cars and trucks and I promise to leave out cookies and milk for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Lawson. P.S. Please say hi to the Mrs. Clause and the elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year, I have been good some of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is skates and a toy and I promise to leave out cookies and milk for you.

Merry Christmas Santa, love Jesvica. P.S. Please say hi to the Ginger Bread Man and the elves for me.

This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year, I have been good some of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a toy Santa and that’s all and I promise to leave out milk for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love Declan. P.S. Please say hi to the Ginger Bread Man and the reindeers for me.

This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is Mario Party and Nintendo Switch for Santa and that’s all and I promise to leave out milk and cookies for you. Merry Christmas Santa, love JJ. P.S. Please say hi to the Ginger

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Early Learning Program at Horace Allen School What is your name? Avery How old are you? Four Where do you live? Hillcrest What is your favourite part of Christmas? Presents What do you put out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve? Some of our toys What are 3 things that you would like for Christmas? Spiderman Stuff What is something that you would like to tell Santa?

That I want lego What is your name? Dawson How old are you? Four Where do you live? On the mountains really really far away What is your favourite part of Christmas? Going shopping What do you put out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve? A pizza oven What are 3 things that you would like for Christmas? Sticker reindeer What is something that you would like to tell Santa?

I don’t know What is your name? Madilyn How old are you? 4 Where do you live? I don’t know What is your favourite part of Christmas? Presents What do you put out for Santa and his reindeer on

Christmas Eve? Santa Cookies What are 3 things that you would like for Christmas? Baby yoda stuffy and baby yoda toy What is something that you would like to tell Santa?

I love you What is your name? Sham How old are you? Um 7?

Where do you live? Behind the white house with the small garden What is your favourite part of Christmas? Jumping What do you put out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve? A fairy What are 3 things that you would like for Christmas? A Bed What is something that you would like to tell Santa?

Merry Christmas What is your name? Saige F How old are you? Four Where do you live? I don’t know What is your favourite part of Christmas? I get to see rodoff What do you put out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve? A card What are 3 things that you would like for Christmas? A kitty and a remote control car

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I was a good girl What is your name? Lilly How old are you? Three Where do you live? Coleman What is your favourite part of Christmas? Opening presents What do you put out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve? Fruit What are 3 things that you would like for Christmas? A cookbook and polly pockets What is something that you would like to tell Santa?

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What is your name? Summer How old are you? Four Where do you live? At Canada What is your favourite part of Christmas? When santa gives us presents What do you put out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve? Carrots and milk and cookies What are 3 things that you would like for Christmas? A dinosaur car What is something that you would like to tell Santa?

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A Christmas Message Lisa Sygutek

This year’s Christmas, along with every death anniversary, I decided to have a mind set change. Instead of griev-

ing the entire day I consciously chose to celebrate my family’s lives not their deaths. So this Christmas I will endeavor to end the year like it started with

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thankfulness and beautiful memories. I believe that God gives you certain journeys in life, trials, tribulations, periods of love and hate, absolute joy, heart breaking disappointment and finally hope. All these experiences mold us into the people we are and the love we can share.

My trial: I have learned that I am stronger than I think. I have been able to juggle three kids, a business, being on council and have been a pillar for

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my extended family. I have had my integrity questioned as a councillor regarding some of my decisions. It would have been easy to turn the other cheek and yet I made a decision to push forward for causes that matter to me, even when it made my fellow councillors uncomfortable. My mom taught me that, “what is right is not always necessarily easy.”

My tribulation: I have learned that I love my family to an extreme and to watch the three people in this world I love the most, get sick, and I couldn’t fix it, broke my heart a little every day.

Watching them die all in my arms in such close succession almost broke me. However, I have learned to reminisce on every second I spent with my mom, my dad and Buddy, savoring every memory that we spent together. How many of us are with the people we love and just take it for granted because there is ‘always more time’? I’m here to tell you don’t take a second for granted.

Periods of love: I have learned this year that I am blessed. I have the love of my family, fantastic friends, wonderful children and my extended work family who have

been there to support me when sometimes I am so tired I can’t support myself. My best friends don’t live here anymore but I learned that I could still have best friends that I love to death even though they live miles

away from me. My kids are the best part of my life. They have turned into fine men. They are all kind, hard working, compassionate and funny.

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A Message for Christmas from Foothills MP John Barlow

It is the time of year to once again prepare our homes for the warmth of the Holiday season and reflect on the year that was.

To me, the holiday spirit is about my family, my loved ones, my children and my friends. You are my ultimate gift.

My wife Louise has been a counsellor, a confidant and my best friend.

I thank her for her love and support through all that it is to be a politician, a husband and a father. I certainly could not do it without her.

I want to thank the constituents of Foothills for once again placing their confidence and trust in me to be their voice in Ottawa as their Member of Parliament.

There is a lot of work to do in Ottawa, and I am more inspired each and

every day to be the voice and representative of our incredible community.

I will continue to advocate for the Liberal government to champion Canadian energy and Canadian agriculture, to work from a foundation of fiscal responsibility and address the skyrocketing cost of living for Canadians. I will continue to not only stand up for your rights, but also what is right.

I will fight for our great province to once again be the economic engine of this country, so we may continue to develop our natural resources under the most ethical standards in the world, empower our entrepreneurship and export our world-class technology, agricultural commodities and skillsets around the globe.

I am also honoured

to serve as Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Security and sit as vicechair on the Standing Committee of Agriculture for the 44th Parliament.

Our agriculture producers are an integral part of our economy and are essential to our food security.

Of course, agriculture is vital to my constituents and our rural economy in southern Alberta. I will work hard each and every day to ensure a level playing field to unleash and utilize the capabilities of our agriculture sector.

Although it was a challenging year for Southern Alberta, for businesses and for families - as a community you have remained strong, resilient, and you have supported one another through these tumultuous times.

As this year is drawing to a close, my hope is for a prosperous 2022 for Foothills families, small businesses and communities. I hope during this holiday season we all have the opportunity to find warmth in the em-

brace of our friends and families and take a moment to appreciate who we have in our lives.

I look forward to next year bringing us more joy and more occasions to celebrate together.

From my family to yours, I wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with fun, cheer and special holiday magic.

Merry Christmas!

Holiday wishes to Crowsnest Pass residents. Wishing you a happy healthy safe holiday season. All the best in 2022.

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Whatever Birngs You Happiness.

May It Be Yours This Christmas Holiday and Throughout the Coming Year.

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the world and they hug so hard I just might believe it. Mike is my shoulder to cry on and David, who’s just down the hall at work, covers every story I put on his desk even if it’s last minute. He doesn’t even roll his eyes.

Betty has given me wisdom and guidance and worries about me again when I don’t worry about myself. Darbie, Aiden, Mitchi and Shirley, which I affectionately call ‘my girls’, help me put the paper out each week - it’s the highlight of my week when I hear all their stories, some of which I’m scared to repeat. The little things these people do for me are the definition of unconditional love.

Periods of hate: Contrary to popular belief I don’t really hate anyone.

Yes, there are a few I didn’t like, you know who you are, but really there is no time in my life for hate. However, if I don’t like you, you will know it. I’m black and white on people, with thoughts in between.

Absolute joy: Every second that I was able to spend with my family that died and their memory gives me absolute joy. I have had the ability to reflect on all the lessons they have taught me. Lessons that I hope to pass onto my boys. My mom taught me to fight for what I believe, to fight for the underdog. She taught me to never question my beliefs and to go with my gut instinct because nine out of ten times my instinct is never wrong. She taught me to laugh from my belly, to have over the top holidays because those are memories, to love with my whole heart, to fight for what I believe in, to tell people what you think of

them to their face and not behind their backs, to take care of those who can’t take care of themselves and to savour every second of those we love. My dad taught me work ethic and compassion. He took care of my mother to the point, I believe, it caused his second and final stroke. Buddy taught me unconditional love. He really thought I was something. He loved me like a parent and was proud of everything I did, even when I didn’t think it was a big deal. He used to answer the phone and tell people, “let me get Lisa, she’s got six years of university and the smartest person I know”. Buddy dying rocked me to my core and ultimately brought me to my knees.

However, I used the perseverance my mother instilled in me, the drive from my father and the overwhelming love of Buddy to dig my way out of the dark. From it I taught my boys perseverance in utter despair. From them all I learned to live each day as if I was dying.

I make of list of ten things I love and each day I try to do or see one thing on my list. We all need a list.

Absolute disappointment: This year I have learned the disappointment of having someone I trusted lie to me. I have learned the disappointment in the way in which I believed in people, however it wasn’t their fault, it was mine for making them into something they ultimately were incapable of being. . Ultimately though it lead to inner growth, accepting my own faults, climbing mountains and running hills. In it all I met a certain someone and it rocked my world in way I didn’t think possible and

I am so incredibly happy with where my life has ultimately landed. I have found something I didn’t think existed and quite frankly lost faith in.

Thank you to my special person!

Hope: I have learned that at the end of the day all you really have is hope. When I didn’t think I could carry on this summer I found hope in little things that turned in to hope for bigger adventures. I hope that our family business will continue to thrive in my mom’s “Garden of Eden” and I hope that you all learn the lesson of love.

I want to end this message thanking all the people and businesses in the Crowsnest Pass who have supported the Pass Herald. This has been the good year for us in our 90year history and I never forget that it is through the support of you all.

Who would have thought that a little paper opened in 1930 would still be running in the Crowsnest Pass, our second oldest business in the area.

I look forward to keeping you all informed, proud to be independent and proud to take over the reins from my mom and Buddy. I guess she really taught me a lot all those years ago sitting under her desk while she worked to bring the people of the Crowsnest Pass their news. Buddy taught me not to get sued! Thanks Mom and Bud I miss you every second of every day!

Merry Christmas and Happy New year from our little family here at the Pass Herald to yours.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the staff!

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Blessing of the season We hope to see you at our events in 2022!

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