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Renowned Crowsnest Pass photographer Evan Gushul (seated) was honoured at the Crowsnest Historical Society’s Annual General Meeting on March 9. A slideshow of photographs was shown featuring a selection of work by Thomas and Evan Gushul with Evan providing a running com-mentary. Left to right: Crowsnest Historical Society Board members Isabel Russell , Pat Rypien, Jan Fabro, Fred Bradley, Belle Kovach and Rudy Pagnucco. Missing was Lori Prentice, Matthew Heisie and Dawn Rigby.

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Council begins municipal budget By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Delayed by the loss of senior administrators and a new slate of council members, the municipality has at last begun to review the 2014 budget. A general overview of the budget process was provided to council and administration on Feb. 27 by Harold Johnsrude, a consultant who works with municipal budgets throughout Alberta. He was brought in to assist the Chief Administrative Officer in the absence of a Director of Corporate Finance. Johnsrude explained the processes and meth-ods typically used by municipalities, as well as a comparison of how the Crowsnest Pass stacks up against other Alberta communities with similar populations.

Council then got down to specifics on March 6 with a presentation addressing roads, water, waste-water and storm infrastructure capital projects. Looking at the 10-year capital plan, eight projects were recommended to be deferred while five were identified for 2014 planning and budgeting. The total cost of the five projects is $6.9 million funded by a combination of grants, long term debt and local improvement tax. The most significant is the Frank Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade mandated by the prov-ince. Built in 1988, the plant requires serious up-grades, said Chief Administrative Officer Sheldon Steinke. The total projected cost is $18.3 million over the next five years. Steinke said two-thirds of the project will be funded by the Alberta Municipal Wastewater Pro-gram (AMWWP). He recommended council begin

the project this year with a total cost of $5 million - $3.3M from the AMWWP and the remainder of $1.6M funded by borrowing. According to the Municipal Government Act, the municipality is allowed debt up to $19.9 million. The current debt load sits at $1.1 million. Other capital projects recommended for 2014 include the Sentinel Water Treatment Plant up-grade ($495,000), SCADA upgrades to control and monitor water and wastewater distribution systems remotely ($797,500), the Bellevue Hillcrest lagoons swamp drain restoration ($575,000), and the Wastewater Collection System Video Inspec-tion ($39,500). Total capital project costs were $6.9 million. No decisions were made, said Steinke, but these projects will form part of the operational budget meeting set for March 22.

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Alberta government plays it safe By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Provincial Tories released the 2014 budget last week planning to borrow another $5.1 billion to fund new infra-structure such as roads, schools and hospitals. Although the province forecasts an overall budget surplus of $1.1 billion and growing oil revenue, the Redford government said it’s continuing to “play it safe”. “There is no question things are look-ing good in Alberta today,” Finance Minister Doug Horner, “but even so, I’m delivering this good news with some cautious optimism.” At the same time Alberta’s debt will climb to $14.5 billion, savings will hit $24 billion. There are no new taxes. The government’s expanded Building Alberta plan now calls for $19.2 bil-lion in capital infrastructure spending over the next three years, an increase of roughly $4.2 billion. One-third of that construction will be paid for with cash, the rest with new debt. Alberta is expected to add one million new people to the province over the next decade, Horner said, and borrowing at low interest rates to build new schools, roads and hospitals makes sense. “We need to prepare now for the years

and decades ahead so future Albertans can have access to the public infrastruc-ture they need,” said Horner. Last year, the province grew by 3.5 per cent, the fastest growth rate in over 30 years. Investment initia-tives are also prom-ised to protect high-priority areas susceptible to fu-ture flood damage, flood hazard map-ping, mitigation related to damaged areas, and related water and wastewa-ter infrastructure. Over the next three years, the Tories promise 50 new schools will be built and 70 exist-ing schools will be modernized. The province es-timates 18,000 new students will enter Alberta’s school sys-tem next year. The budget included funds for 258 ki-lometres of new or twinned highways and 2,500 kilometres of rehabilitated highways. Twinning Highway 63 to Fort McMur-

ray and completing Calgary’s ring road, remain priorities and the province has set aside funds for these. A Basic Municipal Transportation

Grant, aimed at road building will be funded over the next three years. It’s now labelled under the Municipal Sus-tainability Initiative which has been given a $150 million boost for projects such as public transit ve-hicles and facilities, recreation and sport facilities, roadways, bridges and storm sewer systems. In the area of health care, services for mental health and addictions is more than doubling from $20 million to $48.8 million. Funding for enhanced home care

is going from $30 million to $40 million. Another $25 million over the next three years is going to the primary care sector, often delivered through primary care networks and family care clinics. On the negative side, there is a six per cent decrease in the budget for drugs,

including a $125 million drop in drug benefits for seniors. Alberta Health Services will receive a two per cent increase to its base grant in both 2015-16 and 2016-17 but this is well off the 4.5 per cent originally promised. This lower-than-expected in-crease is likely to come at the expense of contract negotiations with the United Nurses of Alberta, opposition parties predict. Critics said the Redford government is only interested in short-term political gains at the expense of long-term sus-tainability. “They’re going to be burying us in an avalanche of debt by 2016,” Wildrose Opposition Leader Danielle Smith said. “We’re on track to borrow $21 billion by 2017. We’ll be spending $820 million a year just to finance the outstanding debt, and it was totally avoidable.” NDP Leader Brian Mason said the rich will get richer, the middle class will get squeezed and the poor will get poor-er. “This is a terrible budget, it’s an attack on most Albertans. It favours the very wealthy in our society and the corporate sector at the expense of everybody else.” Liberal Leader Raj Sherman agreed. “How is it possible that in such a wealthy place, we are going into debt and cutting public services? This is not how you build this great province.”

The Crowsnest Consolidated High School Panthers Junior ‘A’ boys played Mathhew Halton High School on March 4 in a playoff game. The final score was 43-31 for Crowsnest sending the team to the Junior Boys South Zone finals. Top scorer for Crowsnest was Ty Anctil with 15 points. On March 8 and 9, the Zone Tournament took place in Claresh-olm wrapping up the Junior Boys season.

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COMMUNITY CALENDARMARCH 10 to 14 - CNP Music Fes-tival is looking for new volunteers to add to the existing volunteer pool. Jobs available: secretaries at sessions, sitting at admission desk at sessions, etc. Sessions run in the morning, after-noon and evening at various locations throughout the Pass. Even if you are only able to help with one session dur-ing the week, you are a valuable help! Contact Sheila Lonsbury or Krisztina Wood. Without volunteers the festival would not run.

MARCH 14 to 16 – Crowsnest Mixed Shamrock Bonspiel. Dress in your finest Blarney style. Friday entertain-ment and Saturday pig roast supper included. A portion of the entry fee

supports the Crowsnest Curling Club. $180 entry fee per team, three events, maximum two men per team. Register before March 8.

MARCH 16 - Pass Powderkeg Ski Hill Dummy Downhill has been rescheduled from last week-end to March 16 at 1:30 p.m.

MARCH 19 – CNP Parent Link Cen-tre hosts “Colour my World” - hands on scientific learning for families with pre-schoolers. Room 216, Horace Al-len School 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Re-member to dress for mess!

MARCH 28 – Crowsnest Curling Club Ladies night, $5 drop-in fee, no com-mitment. No experience necessary. De-tails on our website “Crowsnest Curl-ing Club”.

APRIL 17 to 20 – The Bunny Bon-spiel. $280 entry fee per team includes three events in Mens or Ladies league, Friday night entertainment, Saturday night banquet and dance. A portion of the entry fee supports the Crowsnest Curling Club. Register before April 3. APRIL 30 – CNP Parent Link Centre hosts “Diggin’ My Dino” - hands on scientific learning for families with pre-schoolers. Room 216, Horace Allen School 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Remem-ber to dress for mess!

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Medical marijuana, telecom antennasgrowing issues for land use planners By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Several concerns are taking root among land use planners, including medical marijuana op-erations and telecom-munication antennas. The Municipal Plan-ning Commission re-cently discussed the need to look at these issues as they become more prevalent in or-der to have guidelines to deal with them. Chairperson Susan Wagner said she be-lieves that action needs to be taken for addi-tions to the newly de-veloped land use bylaw. The federal govern-ment has a template for establishing a protocol around antennas and their supporting struc-tures, said Commission member Terry Hrudy, that council can tailor to the Crowsnest Pass. Oldman River Re-gional Services Commission representa-tive Mike Burla said federal regulations in the U.S.A. state they “must” be built to capacity with several transmitters on one tower rather than only one per tow-er. Unfortunately, this is not the case in

Canada, he added. “Everybody wants their own tower,” he said. On the topic of medical marijuana operations, Hrudy said it seems “there’s

not a lot of wiggle room for the munici-pality that basically if somebody has an industrial area and meets all the con-ditions of our land use bylaw, that we can’t, as a municipality, tell them no”. Burla said some members of the legal

community believe there is an oppor-tunity for the municipality to regulate land use for medical marijuana opera-tions. A resolution will be presented at the spring conference of the Alberta As-

sociation of Municipal Districts and Counties, because they believe municipalities regulate their land use and the federal government can’t override that. Some of the other topics the Commis-sion will seek clarifica-tion on were sleeping accommodations in a building separate from the primary dwelling, the number of units per parcel, the use of residential property for recreation purposes, the sequence of resi-dential building, and electronic illuminated signs. Mike Burla sug-gested the Municipal Planning Commission bring their concerns to council for discussion.

While some of them are day-to day ac-tion items, others are more philosophi-cal in nature, he said. He suggested a committee be struck to review the issues and determine bylaw amendments or additions.

As issues such as licensed medical marijuana operations and telecom-munication antennas become more prevalent, the Municipal Planning Commission discussed the need to have guidelines in place to deal with land concerns.

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Several appointments were made on March 4 to munici-pal boards and committees. They were: Culture & Heritage Commit-tee – Suzanne Gomez (inter-im term expiring Dec. 2014); Municipal Ski Hill Authority – Brad Murray (interim term expiring Dec. 2015); Sports & Recreation Com-mittee – Valerie Saje (interim term expiring Dec. 2014). There are still current open-ings available for several va-cant positions. Visit www.crowsnestpass.com for more information.

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Four municipal properties were approved last week for sale to interested buyers. The first property is 2,400 square feet, the second is 1,900 square feet and is a municipal-owned roadway in Coleman, the third is 7,200 square feet in Hill-crest, and the fourth piece is 4,800 square feet, reported Development Officer Ken Bourdeau. According to the Munici-pal Government Act, the municipality must obtain an assessed value for these

properties, Bourdeau told council. The municipal assessor rec-ommended $4/sq. ft. for each of the properties except the Hillcrest property, which is in a restricted development area. This piece was priced at $1/sq. ft and because this is less than the assessed val-ue, a public hearing must be held, Bourdeau added. Council agreed to negoti-ate the sale of these munici-pal properties. It will gener-ate $29,516. However, a request by Greenmore Corp. to return property to the municipality in return for a refund of two

years of property tax was denied. Bourdeau said Green-more’s rational for the re-quest was that they believe they weren’t made aware of a municipal-owned water and sewer line that traverses the property on 19th Ave. in Blairmore. However, the company ap-plied for a development in 2007 that showed the right of way, said Bourdeau, and they could have built on that property. The property tax paid was $3,786. The request to buy back the property was denied.

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A man and his girlfriend went to Las Vegas. He had some drinks on the plane from Los An-geles and some more drinks when he got to Vegas. After dinner he started gambling. And drinking some more. He continued gambling (blackjack and pai gow) throughout the evening. And drinking. His girlfriend – presumably weary of his fasci-nating company – went to bed. He continued gambling for 17 hours straight and had another 20 or so drinks. When his girlfriend woke up the next morn-ing, he was still gambling. Reportedly, she was shocked to find him still playing. (Presumably she was just as shocked to see him still standing.) Described as a “businessman and veteran gam-bler”, by the time he’d finished, he’d racked up a $500,000 (U.S.) debt. The man is now suing the Downtown Grand hotel and casino, insisting he should not be liable because they shouldn’t have continued giving him credit when he was drunk. He was so drunk he couldn’t read his cards and can’t remember any-thing after dinner. But, he insists, rules in Nevada ban casinos from allowing “persons who are visibly intoxicated to participate in gaming activity” and thus, he shouldn’t be expected to pay up. Good grief! At first blush, this seems a clear case of wheasling out of a bad situation any way he can.But dig a little deeper and this seemingly absurd lawsuit is a parable of our times. Our increasing inability to take responsibility for our actions leads to legislation and corporate policies designed to stop us from ourselves. The more we point the finger to blame outside forces for our own stupidity, the more those same outside forces have to try and prevent us commit-ting them in the first place. Once upon a time, you could get drunk and gamble all night and still owe your debt. Although they’re in the business of taking your money, casi-nos wouldn’t have had to tell you that if you drank too much, they wouldn’t let you play anymore. They let you be as stupid as you wanted and no one else was going to pick up the tab. We’ve come a long way, but sometimes our “progress” is not always a reflection of our better selves.

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Clara’s Big Ride gets ready to roll By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Crowsnest Pass slipped into high gear as they prepare to welcome six-time Olym-pian Clara Hughes to town. On March 14, Clara’s Big Ride hits the road as Clara sets out on her epic jour-ney across Canada in support of mental health. Over 110 days, Clara’s Big Ride for Bell Let’s Talk will visit 95 communities in all territories and provinces for a total of 12,000 kilometres. More than 200 events are planned across the country and Crowsnest Pass is proud to announce they are a host community working with Clara to celebrate mental health initiatives and raise awareness to end the stigma around mental illness. Clara is one of only four athletes in the world to win medals at both the Winter and Summer Games and the only athlete in history to win multiple medals at both. But there’s far more to her than athletic achievement and now she’s using her voice to reach out and help others. Clara has been sharing her own past struggles with depression and as the of-

ficial spokesperson for the Bell Let’s Talk mental health initiative. she’s eager to be-gin her journey. “After months of preparation and antici-pation, I can’t wait to get on my bike and meet Canadians everywhere to talk about mental health. Together, we can achieve a stigma-free Canada,” said Clara. “Mental illness is part of everyone’s life in some way, and talking openly about it tells those who struggle that they shouldn’t fear seeking help. Beating the stigma is the biggest step we can take in moving Cana-da’s mental health forward. So I’m eager to share my mental health story with you and hope to hear yours.” The kick-off event in Crowsnest Pass is on May 28 as Clara and her team ride into town. Everyone is invited to welcome Clara to the community and celebrate her arrival. Later that evening, a fundraising event will be held at the Crowsnest Curling Club featuring guest speaker Craig Heisinger, Assistant GM with the Winnipeg Jets, and an auction with items such as a lim-ited-edition NHL autographed jersey, and other memorabilia autographed by Clara.

“PuPus in the Pass” is a Hawaiian-themed event to “poo-poo” the stigma attached to mental illness and will include appetizers and a no-cash bar. Tickets are $25. The event continues when everyone is in-vited to the Coleman Sports Complex to celebrate local champions in mental health followed by Clara as the keynote speaker. This event is free and everyone is welcome. The next morning, on May 29, Clara and her team will host an event at Crowsnest Consolidated High School for students of the Pass. Afterwards, Clara hops back on her bike to carry on with her journey – next stop, Calgary. For more information about joining the conversation on social media using #ClarasBigRide, attending a community event, supporting your local mental health organization or helping raise funds, visit Bell.ca/ClarasBigRide. For information about Crowsnest Pass events, contact John Redekopp at 403-651-4142 or [email protected]. Watch the Crowsnest Pass Free Press for details as the event approaches.

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Funding community events to be formalized By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Two annual community events will see their municipal facility rents stay the same as last year, but changes may be on the ho-rizon. Lyle Hannan, director of community services, told coun-cil on March 4 the Kananaskis Rodeo Association (KRA) and the Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce are asking to rent the Crowsnest Sports Complex this spring to host their annual event. The rodeo is scheduled for April 25 to 27. Last year’s lease rate was $2,992 said Hannan, but this didn’t include clean-up costs for the arena. The Crowsnest Pass Cham-ber of Commerce also asked to

rent the Sports Complex for the Lifestyle Show and Christmas in the Mountains, said Han-nan. The Lifestyle Show is sched-uled for May 2 and 3, he said, and historically the Chamber has been charged a reduced rate. Having the two events close together requires significant money in overtime and equip-ment rental for Community Services to try and get the facil-ity cleaned and ready in three days, he said. According to the bylaw, clean-up by municipal crews is charged out at $50/hour. Esti-mating the number of hours, the cost totals over $20,000. Hannan said he didn’t recom-mend raising the rental rates this year because organizations haven’t had time to prepare

for an increase. However, council may want to look at other options to reduce the financial impact, he said. “If there was more time between events… we’d have more options for creative solutions, I think,” he said. “What will actually hap-pen this year because of the compressed schedule, is we’re going to incur proba-bly many hours at a greater cost than the $50/hour be-cause we’ll be looking at overtime, double time, for a three-week period where we have event after event and it’s going to be a lot of strain on operations staff.” “The KRA has put a tre-mendous amount of mon-ey into the Complex. So I think we have to take those kind of things into consid-

eration too,” said Councillor Marlene Anctil. It was agreed to hold the Rodeo’s rent to the same as last year’s rate and to hold the Chamber’s rent to a previously agreed rate of $4,575. It was also agreed to work with the or-ganizations to try and space the events further apart in future. A decision on Christmas in the Mountains was deferred. Administration will develop a formal policy with guidelines for administering funding re-quests for community events not identified in the annual op-erating budget. “Things like the KRA and the Lifestyle Show, they market the Crowsnest Pass and it’s got to be worth something to have these people bring all these outsiders into our community,” said Councillor Bill Kovach.

Contracts approved for flood recovery work By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Chinook Pipelines Inc. was awarded two tenders last week to complete re-pair work on municipal land caused by damage from June’s flooding inci-dent. Stephen Burnell with ISL Engineering told council project No. 1 was for two separate sites within the municipality between Is-land Lake and Crowsnest Lake. There were three bids on this project with Chinook Pipelines having the lowest bid at $597,920, including GST. The other two bids were DeGraaf Excavating Ltd. at $614,617 and G.W. Cox Construction Ltd. at $669,879. The work is 100 per cent funded by the Di-saster Recovery Program and includes brush and tree removal, excavation, road grading and shaping, crushed base and new top-soil. Repair work is to start immediately, said Burnell, with the instream work completed by May 1 and the entire project by Oct. 30. Council unanimously ap-proved Chinook Pipelines. Tender No. 3 was for six separate sites, said Burnell, including Blairmore Creek at Blairmore Hospital, up-stream of 15th Avenue on Lyons Creek, 16th Ave. to 19th Ave. on Lyons Creek, 19th Ave. to 20th Ave. on Lyons Creek, 20th Ave. to Crowsnest River and 19th Ave. Bridge crossing on Lyons Creek. Again, Chinook Pipe-lines was the low bidder coming in at $844,631, in-cluding GST. DeGraaf Excavating Ltd. had the second bid at $1,533,708.

Again, repair work is to start immediately, said Burnell, with a completion date of Oct. 31. There are two funding sources available for this project – the Disaster Re-covery Program and the Flood Recovery Erosion Control Program. Council unani-mously approved Chinook Pipelines. Burnell said an-other two projects received bids and are still under eval-uation by Stantec Engineering. Tender No. 2 is for two separate sites within the municipality at Knoll’s Flats Ac-cess Road and the Willow Drive culvert crossing on Start Creek. The work includes ditch grading and shaping, pit run, excavation, as-phalt removal and disposal and new asphalt installa-tion. The project is to be finished by Sept. 30. Again there were three bids on this project: Arbori-cultural Services Inc. $105,113, Grumpy’s Land-scaping Ltd. $29,575, and De-Graaf Excavating Ltd. $127,989. Tender No. 4 is for the North portion of East Hillcrest Drive and the Hillcrest Reservoir Access Road for brush and tree removal, ditch grading and topsoil placement. Completion date is Sept. 30.

Submitted bids were: De-Graaf Excavating Ltd. $224,345, Arboricultural Services Inc. $128,047, and Grumpy’s Landscap-ing Ltd. $56,693. A fifth project, for work

on 10 sites at Hillcrest’s Byron Creek and up-stream of 4th Ave. on Drum Creek through to the Crowsnest River, was extended to March 6. Bids submitted were not avail-

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Anyone who drives in rural Canada knows that feeling – you’re driving along the highway and suddenly spot an animal on the shoulder. All too often they are even closer. If you’re lucky you see them and if you’re luckier still, you see them in plenty of time to slow down. This experience is all too common in Crowsnest Pass but a group of committed volunteers having been working to change it. A joint project, called the Highway 3 Corridor Project, was an undertaking of the Miistakis Institute, the University of Calgary, the Yellowstone to Yukon Con-servation Initiative and the Alberta Motor Association. Using data collected by Crowsnest Pass Road Watch, the project’s goal was to analyze wildlife movement and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions along Highway 3. A number of high collision sites were identified and a suite of options have been proposed for wildlife crossings. According to the project’s research, 6,000 to 9,000 vehicles travel Highway 3 daily. Because the highway breaks the Crowsnest Pass valley in half, there are significant safety risks for both people and animals. Road Watch Coordinator Rob Schaufele said about 10 key locations or “hot spots” were identified – areas where the most ani-mals are killed – with three areas identified as priority spots for mitigation structure such as underpasses or overpasses. The first is a narrow corridor near Emer-ald Lake where big horn sheep often come in search of salt. The second is near Rock Creek Road where there is a high mortal-

ity of bear, elk, moose and deer and the third is near Iron Ridge, west of the Volker Stevin yard, across from the rest stop. Schaufele explained that one of the first locations to have a mitigation strategy would likely be Rock Creek because it has a very high wildlife-vehicle collision rate. An existing creek culvert under the high-way is the ideal spot, he said, with fenc-ing on each side of the highway funneling wildlife towards the underpass. Emerald Lake will also receive a mitiga-tion structure, possibly an underpass, be-cause of the high rate of mortality and its conservation significance due to the local bighorn sheep population, said Schaufele.In the shorter term, Iron Ridge would remain as is and act as a control site in order to gauge the effectiveness of

mitigation at the other two locations. Partnering with Fish & Wildlife and Volker Stevin, Road Watch has amassed a large amount of data on wildlife killed on the highway, said Schaufele. The project is now moving into the second phase to find out how many are hit on the highway but die afterwards. “We have 10 years of data on the high-way so we know where and how many are killed,” he said. “But we don’t know how many are hit and go off and die elsewhere.” The pre-mitigation monitoring project is a systematic look at the key priority areas to understand the frequency of such inci-dents, and once mitigation structures are in place, to verify their effectiveness. Road Watch volunteers will continue to record wildlife-vehicle collisions on the

highway, but will now begin to collect this data off the highway at each of the three key sites. Data collection will take place both before and after the mitigation struc-tures are built, said Schaufele. Walking a grid pattern on each side of the highway, volunteers will look for car-casses and record them on a specifically designed app, said Schaufele. They are in the process of determining the frequency and timing of these transactional hikes, but Schaufele said it’s likely to be about twice a month over a four-day period. “We have to determine exactly when and how often it should be done to make it statistically viable,” he said. “For good research, you have to maintain specific days.”

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Road Watch prepares for Highway 3 wild-life under/overpasses

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Schaufele is currently map-ping each site to determine where they will walk and placing markings on trees to outline the grid line. Ideally, the area will be about 500 me-tres along the fence line by about 150 metres in. An app, that will be down-loaded on volunteers’ phones, will allow them to follow the GPS pattern, record what they see and add comments.

The information will be downloaded into a database that allows researchers to verify the effectiveness of the mitigation structures. “We have to prove the cost effectiveness of the mitiga-tion,” said Schaufele. “”It does take a commitment but I think it’s important. I live on the highway and I see it every day and it’s horrible.” Training for volunteers will begin in March, said Schaufele, and they will be

given air horns, bear spray and safety vests. If you are interested in helping with the project, he said, they are looking to have eight to ten volunteers, each committing to at least a six-month time period. Contact Schaufele at 403-564-5154. “If you like hiking, these are beautiful areas… we want it to be fun for everyone with lots of open communication,” he said. “We think it’s impor-tant to keep on doing this.”

Road Watch Coordinator Rob Schaufele maps one of the locations where data will be collected on wildlife-vehicle collisions. Three location have been identified along Highway 3 for preventa-tive structures such as overpasses or underpasses. Road Watch data will be used to measure the effectiveness of the structures.

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Trucking permitting system drives into Pass By Joni MacFarlane Editor

If overweight and over-sized trucks use municipal roads as part of their route, a provincial permit as well as municipal ap-proval is required. But now an automated sys-tem takes the responsibility off the municipality’s hands and puts it into the province’s. Chief Administrative Officer Sheldon Steinke told council on March 4 that a provincial, municipal and industrial task force recently reviewed the movement of oversize loads

and made three recommenda-tions. First, the province would de-velop an automated permitting system that would issue all nec-essary permits and permissions in a single application. The province would pay a single fee for this service and allocate permit revenue to the municipalities based on the roadway type and distance travelled. Last, the province and munic-ipalities will strive to standard-ize the conditions for move-ment of oversize loads. A Transportation Routing

and Vehicle Information Sys-tem (TRAVIS) multi-jurisdic-tion permitting system with Alberta Transportation will get underway April 1st. The five-year agreement estab-lishes that the province handle all the data entry and billing. The municipality must install two vehicle load limit signs at entry points off Highway 3 and 40 to notify the trucking com-munity that they’re in a TRA-VIS area. The cost for the signs is $3,000 and there are no ongo-ing costs to the municipality, said Steinke.

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Getting ‘put through the wringer’just isn’t what it used to be By Barbara van Vi-erssen Trip Crowsnest Museum

Today the phrase means going through a tough, grueling ex-perience, but people never used to be put through the wringer – our clothes did. As some older Pass residents may recall, automatic washing machine sales did not surpass the older wringer-washer style until the 1950s, leav-ing some families us-ing these machines into the 60s and 70s. Today, most sit unused as antique curiosities – but for decades, wringer-washers were a time-saving device that not only cut down on time spent scrubbing but ironing as well. Clothing passed flat through a wringer, then hung on a line, and were less likely to wrinkle than clothing that had simply hung to dry. Was the switch from wringer washers to automatic machines worth it? Automatic machines spin out ex-cess water rather than squeezing, and some fabrics like cotton and linen are more likely to need iron-ing. Fortunately, the advances in washing machines came about the same time as manmade fabrics like

nylon and rayon be-came popular. These fabrics require less ironing than some natural fibers. Iron-ing also gained ad-vances when electri-cally heated irons with a constant tem-perature replaced sadiron sets, saving time and hassle. In the end, the worth of new wash-ing machine technol-ogy comes down to the numbers: stud-ies show the average North American family spends about 10 hours less per week on household chores than 50 years ago. New washing machine designs now focus on saving elec-tricity and water as well as time. The washing ma-chines on display at the Crowsnest Muse-

um help document the “evolution” of machines de-signed to slash household chore time. Come check them out as part of the History Detectives program on “This Old House,” from 1-4 on Saturday March 15 at the Crowsnest Museum. You can also learn how to research the history of your house with Ian McKenzie on March 25 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information or to register for the research workshop call 403-563-5434.

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Police briefs By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Between Feb. 26 and March 5, Crowsnest Pass RCMP respond-ed to 33 calls for service. They included:Fraud/Forgery: 1Threats/Harassment:1Theft: 1Disturbing Peace: 1Driving Complaints: 2MV Collisions: 12Suspicious Occurrences: 1Assistance to General Public: 2Assistance to Other Agencies: 5911 Calls (Invalid): 2False Alarms: 4Animal Calls: 1Prisoners: 1

Family feudOn Feb. 26 at 5 p.m., police re-

ceived a complaint of theft of a laptop by a family member from a Blairmore residence. The lap-top was recovered and returned to owner. No charges were laid.

Disturbing the peaceOn Feb. 26 at 11:20 p.m., police received a complaint of people fighting in a parking lot res-taurant/bar in Coleman. There was no physical fight, but par-ticipants were arguing. Police at-tended and directed everyone to go home. No charges were laid.

Buyer bewareOn Feb. 26, police received a complaint from a Crowsnest Pass resident about a purchase made on kijii. A down-payment was made but the buyer was then un-able to locate the seller. The mat-

ter is under investigation.

Big yellow taxiOn March 1 at 3 p.m., police re-ceived a complaint of an intoxi-cated person who wanted a ride to Pincher Creek. The taxi driver would not give them a ride with-out payment in advance and the rider refused to get out of the cab. Pincher Creek and Piikani mem-bers attended because Crowsnest Pass members were tied up at a serious motor vehicle collision. The RCMP took the intoxicated person to Pincher Creek.

Elk collision IOn March 1 at 11:25 a.m., police received a report of a motor ve-hicle collision with an elk. The incident occurred on Highway 3 west of Coleman at about 1 a.m.

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Council voted to defer Rum Runner Days to

2015 to allow time to plan and recruit volunteers

to organize the event.

On Feb. 18, Sheldon Steinke, chief administra-

tive officer, advised council that last year’s Chair-

person was out of the country for the next four

months and it was getting late to begin planning

anything for this summer.

He recommended that deferring the event would

allow administration time to “research options,

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tentially include Thunder in the Valley and Rum

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There is a total of $40,000 identified in the 2014

triennial budget for the event.

“It’s almost too late in the day to start planning

a Rum Runners event… I think if we defer it for a

year, we could have better planning in place,” said

Councillor Shar Lazzarotto.

Mayor Blair Painter said he’d like to see the mu-

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Acreage for Sale17.4 Acres pristine elevated proper-ty priced to sell. Minutes from down town, 4 acres cleared, multiple arte-sian wells, utilities to property line. Perfect time to buy before prime acreages are unaffordable in the Terrace area. Must Sell. $150,000. 250-641-1848

For Sale By Owner1242 Pinyon Rd Sparwood - half duplex for sale. 3 BR, 1.5 bath. Finished basement. Gas FP in LR. Fully fenced back yard. Many upgrades incl: sid-ing, fascia, soffi t, windows, doors, both bathrooms, fl oor-ing & furnace. More info at Kiji-ji 565238962. Call John @778-518-2221 for appt. to view.

Mobile Homes & Parks

FOR SALE BY OWNER1970 Newly renovated

mobile home 3 bedroom Large kitchen, dining room, family room &

separate laundry room.Snow roof & newer vinyl

windows Includes 4 appliances.

Located in F.M.H.P Call 250-423-3340 for info

& viewing times.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentCondo in Sparwood Heights

2 bedroom fully furnished$1200. per monthUtilities included

Call Rick at 250-425-5432or Erin at 250-425-7711

References Required

Very large furnished condoSparwood Heights - 2 condos made into 1! Large bedroom, large den, in-suite washer & dryer, large walk-in closet, dining room & much more. $1200/month inc. utilities.Please call Rick 250-425-5432 or Erin 250-425-7711. References required.

Misc for Rent

Furnished & unfurnished properties available for rent in Sparwood & Elkford. Call Lindsay 250-425-1180 or [email protected]

Homes for Rent

Partially furnished 2 bdrm, 6 appliances.

$850/month plus utilities. References required. Available April 1st.

$850 security depositJohn Redekopp 403-651-4142

To view this property: www.lapetitemaisoncrowsnest.ca

HOUSE FOR RENT IN

BELLEVUE

4 Bedroom House for rent. Fridge, stove, stall for laundry, heat & hydro included. Carport & sun deck. $1500/month. No pets. Call 250-423-3216

SPARWOOD, 2-storey, 3-bdrm townhouse for rent w/full basement, close to school & rec centre. (250)[email protected]

SPARWOOD - FOR RENT Mobile home - all appliances.

$900/monthCall Joe 250-425-5387

Storage

SELF STORAGE: Personal & commercial. Call Finnigan’s Storage. 250-423-3308 or 250-423-4207.

STORAGE PLUS: Bays heated or cold & service bays with air, minor repairs.250-423-7492.

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Boats

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Popiel’s

12817 21st Ave. BlairmoreOpen 7 days a week

Orders & info: 403-753-2222

Now offering gluten free pizzas and baking!

Great food and

friendly faces since 1975

7802 17th Ave Coleman

403-563-3093 Tues-Sat 8 am to 9 pm • Sun 8 am to 4pm

Chris’ Restaurant

This microwave recipe is an original way to serve lamb.

IngredIents:• 2 racks of lambGlaze :• 60 ml (1/4 cup) dark brown sugar• 60 ml (1/4 cup) red wine• 15 ml (1 tbsp) red wine vinegar• Juice and rind of 1 orangeAccompaniment :• 450 g (1 lb) canned navy beans or flageolets, drained• 4 green onions, chopped• 60 ml (1/4 cup) dry white wine• Pinch thyme• Salt and pepper

Orange Glazed Lamb with Beans

dIrectIons: Trim some of the fat of the lamb and score the remaining fat. Mix the glaze ingredients together and brush over the lamb. Put the lamb on a roasting rack. The bone ends may be covered with foil to protect them during the cook-ing. Cook on medium for 10 minutes. Raise the setting to high and cook for 5 minutes, basting often during the whole of the cooking time. Leave to stand 5 minutes before carving. Cook for 20 minutes on the combination setting of a microwave convection oven until the fat has browned. Mix the beans, wine, onions, thyme, salt and pepper together and cook 4 min-utes on high. Reheat any remaining glaze and pour over the lamb. Serve with the beans.

Recipe and photo : The Complete Microwave Cookbook, Judith Ferguson, Collins Royal.

Stuffed ZucchiniAs a main course or as a side dish, this microwave recipe is sure to please.

IngredIents:• 4 small even-sized zucchini• 110 g (1/4 lb) crabmeat, fresh

or frozen• 1 shallot, finely chopped• 125 ml (1/2 cup) cream cheese• 125 ml (1/2 cup) mushrooms,

chopped• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) tomato paste• 60 ml (1/4 cup) grated

Parmesan cheese• 60 ml (4 tbsp) dry bread-

crumbs• 30 ml (2 tbsp) milk • 15 ml (1 tbsp) chopped pars-

ley• 60 m l (4 tbsp) butter, melted• Tabasco• Salt and pepper

dIrectIons: Top and rail the zucchini and put into a large dish with 1 cup of water. Cover with pierced plastic wrap and cook in the microwave for 4-5 minutes on high. Rinse in cold water until completely cooled. Cut in half lengthwise, and carefully scoop out the flesh with a teaspoon, leaving a thin lining of flesh inside the skin. Leave to drain. Chop flesh roughly and set aside. Melt 2 tbsp of butter in a bowl for 1 minute on high. Add the shallot and mushrooms, and cook, covered, for 2 min-utes on high. Add zucchini flesh, cover and cook for 1 minute on high. Beat the cream cheese, tomato paste and milk together. Add crabmeat, parsley, seasoning and a few drops of tabasco. Stir into the zucchini mixture and pile the filling into each zucchini shell. Mix bread-crumbs ans Parmesan cheese together, and top each filled zucchini. Melt the remaining butter and sprinkle over the zucchini. Heat through, uncovered, for 5 minutes on high and brown under a broiler. Serve immediately.

Kootenay News Advertiser, March 13, 2014

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