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Nothing spells summer like the opening of Bellevue’s Old Dairy Ice Cream Shoppe. Murielle Carlson (left) handed over the keys - and the ice cream scoop - to new owner Bernita Vander Veen (right) signaling the start of another chapter in the historic building’s legacy. See story on page 7.

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Lethbridge College feels the pinch By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Low enrollment is forcing Lethbridge College to review its viability at its Crowsnest Pass location. While emphasizing their desire to remain, repre-sentatives from the College made it clear that col-laboration with the municipality would have to be explored. On May 13, Stuart Cullum, Vice President Aca-demic & Chief Operating Officer for Lethbridge College, told council they wanted to “explore op-portunities for a new model of collaboration”. Cullum said a combination of provincial cutbacks and low enrollments have necessitated the College to look at the realities of funding and other ways of meeting their mandate. He also stressed that Crows-nest Pass was not unique and other rural communi-ties were experiencing similar situations. “We’re very proud of our regional stewardship mandate and very committed to it,” he said. “Our

intention is not to leave the community. Our hope is that we can develop a collaboration that creates sustainability in the long term.” Lethbridge College was formerly housed in the old Crowsnest Centre and moved to Bellevue’s M.D. McEachern Centre in 2010. Adult upgrading has been their primary focus, said Karen O’Dwyer, Dean, Centre for Teaching, Learning & Innovation, but changes to government funding have made this program almost non-existent. “One of the challenges we have had as the College providing the stewardship of this campus, is we’re having difficulty finding the right program mix to attract adults in the community,” she said. “In order to have viable programming, we need to have suf-ficient numbers of students to actually help pay for the instructional costs and operating costs.” O’Dwyer went on to say the College has a very strong partnership with Adult Education but that group is also challenged as Adult Ed depends on the College to meet its operating costs.

In some communities, Lethbridge College has partnered with schools to use their facilities, said O’Dwyer. They have excess space in the MDM and are very interested in working with everyone, including schools and the municipality, to expand their pro-gram options, added Cullum. “This isn’t just about looking at a different busi-ness relationship. This is a recognition that we need to work together as a community… in order to build sustainability in our program mix,” Cullum said. “Our community and the council values your commitment to our community,” said Mayor Blair Painter. “Further education is very important.” He also mentioned that Teck sends its employees to attend trades courses in B.C and that perhaps op-portunities exist to offer these programs in Crows-nest Pass, particularly with new mining develop-ments on the horizon. It was agreed the College and municipality would continue exploring options.

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Vehicle stop leads to pot bust By Joni MacFarlane Editor

On Tuesday, May 13, Crows-nest Pass RCMP were on pa-trol west of Coleman and ob-

served a vehicle parked on the Devon Gas plant road, south of Highway 3. As the Devon plant has been closed for some time and the road is gated, Constable Ro-

land Babinec decided to check it out. He was told the two men were taking a break from returning home from a trip to Nelson B.C. The officer

checked their docu-ments, found nothing suspicious, and told the pair they were free to go. A short time later, said Cst. Babinec, the vehicle was seen re-turning to the site. When the officer also returned, “the driver became very nervous and acted oddly”, said Cst. Babinec. “Along with the strange behaviour and changes to their stories, it was clear that something else was going on but with nothing to hold the males on, they were free to continue on,” he said. A broader search of the area revealed four pounds of marijuana and other drug para-phernalia stashed in the field. As a result, Crows-nest RCMP with the help of Pincher Creek and Peigan RCMP, lo-cated and arrested the occupants. Jeffrey Illerbrun, 37, and Jason Roberts, 31, both of Medicine Hat have been charged with possession for the purpose of traf-ficking and are set to appear in court June 17 in Pincher Creek.

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Rum Runner Days remains deferred

By Joni MacFarlane

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Council voted to defer Rum Runner Days to

2015 to allow time to plan and recruit volunteers

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On Feb. 18, Sheldon Steinke, chief administra-

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person was out of the country for the next four

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He recommended that deferring the event would

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

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Councillor Shar Lazzarotto.

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Spray Lake Sawmills waits for land use plan By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) held its annual open house on May 8 at the Hillcrest Fish & Game Club with representatives on hand to provide residents an opportu-nity to view proposed harvest plans and seek information on operations. Included in the plans was the controversial Beaver Mines area where timber harvest-ing was put on hold until the province re-leases an approved South Saskatchewan Regional Land Use Plan. SLS is granted tim-ber licenses from the provincial govern-ment and then pre-pares different levels of plans – a general development plan and forest harvest plans with specific operat-ing details. Although plans are created, said Wood-lands Forester Errol Kutcher, they are sub-ject to change based on weather events, political climate and other external factors. Four areas were scheduled to be har-vested last year but were deferred because of the flooding events in June, said Kutcher. These include:• 140,000 cubic metres at Trout Creek and Lyndon Creek in the north Por-cupine Hills. Logging in this area will start in July 2014 and continue through to April 2015.• 50,000 cubic metres at Savanna Creek in the north-west of the Livingstone Range.• 11,000 cubic me-tres at Spoon Valley–Racehorse Creek.• 6,800 cubic metres, which is the last cut-block left to harvest at Dutch Creek. Because of ground conditions, said Kutcher, the last three areas must be harvest-ed in the summer. SLS has also devel-oped a contingency plan in case they are unable to take out the required volume in planned areas. The contingency plan in-cludes 20,000 volumes of timber from the Upper Livingstone. This will only be done if the scheduled plan does not take place. Otherwise, this area will be deferred to next year. Kutcher said this area can only be har-

vested in winter when the ground is frozen because of its terrain. The company’s highly contested plan to log in the Beaver Mines area

became the subject of a public outcry and was eventually deferred until the South Saskatchewan Regional Land

Use Plan is approved. Cutblocks designed by SLS for har-vesting totaled about 120 hectares. Approximately 12,000 cubic metres

was harvested in 2011-12 and another 23,000 cubic metres was extracted in the 2012-13 season before the province put the project on hold. “If something comes out of the SSRP that says, you can’t go in there, then we won’t. But as of right now, we’re more motivated to keep this on the forefront, keep it on the plan because oth-erwise it just gets lost and forgotten about,” said Director of Communications and Ecological Business Services Gord Lehn. “We’ve already in-vested quite a bit of time and effort in doing all the ground-work and laying out all the blocks and get-ting it ready to go… “So either the Crown will eventually ap-prove it or we have to have some discussions with the Crown abut how you’re going to compensate us for it because you issued us the license, we did all the work in good faith and if you’re going to say no, you can’t go in there, then you have to pay us for our lost opportunity and our costs… Either we’re

going or we’re not going but [the province] has to make a decision.”

Wade Abeli with Spray Lake Sawmills explains the company’s plans in the region over the next few years at a public open house held at the Hillcrest Fish & Game Club on May 8.



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Another sports figure recently took the walk of shame to offer an apology – now de rigueur in today’s era of bad behaviour gone viral. For those out of the loop, Los Angeles Clip-pers owner Donald Sterling was heard scolding his girlfriend for bringing African-Americans to NBA games and for posting photos of her-self with them, including the legendary player Magic Johnson. (I’ve never heard how a private conversation became public, but that’s another matter.) The 80-year-old Sterling, was banned from at-tending games, practices and Clippers’ facilities and fined $2.5 million. After a somewhat lengthy delay (16 days), Sterling apologized for his racist comments, say-ing they were a “terrible mistake”. A mistake? A mistake that you said what you were thinking out loud? That a deeply held be-lief was somehow recorded and released? Public apologies have poured forth like prom-ises on the election trail. Rarely does one of these performances not reek of carefully crafted damage control. Spin doctors choreograph these staged confessions in hopes of bringing back the voter-consumer-sponsor, but one gets the sense that none of it would be happening if not for one thing: the confessor got caught. With few exceptions, the public apology lacks sincerity and the packaged remorse is played out like a bad actor with an amateur script. Saying “I’m sorry” has become almost commonplace and while we’re fascinated by the spectacle, are these apologies effec-tive? Do they mitigate the damage they’ve caused, lessen the hurt to loved ones? From entertainers (Kayne West, David Letter-man, Mel Gibson) to politicians (Bill Clinton, El-iot Spitzer) to corporations (Maple Leaf Foods) to athletes (Mark McGwire, Tiger Woods), the public apology isn’t a “get out of jail free” card. Instead of trotting out an apology to gain a foothold on the comeback trail, let’s try living so these apologies aren’t needed in the first place. Ultimately, it’s actions that count, not words.

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Support given for volunteer events By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Three volunteer-organized community events received approval for municipal sup-port last week. Council approved requests under a new Community Funding and Support Policy implemented in March. Director of Community Services, Lyle Hannan, estab-lished the policy to standard-ize and streamline the process of dealing with the numerous support requests the munici-pality receives from commu-nity organizations. Three categories were de-signed for funding requests. Category 1 are those associ-ated with organizations that provide the municipality with

an operational service such as the museum and trail mainte-nance. Category 2 are those associated with organizations that coordinate and offer an-nual events and activities such as the Rodeo and Life-style Show. Council will review Cat-egory 1 and 2 annually during the budget process. Organiza-tions will have to submit their requests no later than Sept. 30 of each year along with financial statements, services provided and other funding information. Another pot was made available during the annual budget process for all other (category 3) requests. These applications will be consid-ered on a “first come, first served” basis.

Eligible activities under this category include hosting community events, hosting charitable events or repre-senting the municipality at events outside the Crowsnest Pass. The amount made avail-able in the 2014 budget was $20,000. Funding for category 3 re-quests will not exceed $2,000 or a maximum of 50 per cent of the total applicable costs, whichever is less. The three funds approved were:• Clara’s Big Ride – waiver of facility rental fee equaling about $350;• 10th Annual Crowsnest Pass Show & Shine - $1,867; and• Crowsnest Pass Old-Fash-ion Country Fair - $2,000.

Council releasesupdate on activities Press Release

A lot of positive things are happening that will bode well for the community in the years ahead. We would like to update the taxpay-ers on our progress in the areas of concern we previously identified. Our CAO is rebuilding our Administrative team, a new Director of Finance & Corporate Services is now on board and we will have a new Director of Planning, Engineering & Op-erations in place May 20, 2014. During the last few months, the municipal budget and mill rate were set for 2014 thanks to the hard work of Administration and the commitment of Council, the monies collected by the municipality did not increase.

Taxes Due to the way Municipalities are governed by the Provincial Assessment process, the Mu-nicipality realized 4.1% reduction in total as-sessment and a shifting of assessment from the older properties to the newer properties. Some properties may have had an assessment increase but a number of properties would have a reduction as well. For example, if you had an assessment of $300,000 last year, you would have had to pay $1828.00 in taxes. Taking that same property in 2014, assuming the value dropped the aver-age of 4.1%, your property would be assessed at $287,700, which at today mill rate would equates to $1828.00 in taxes. Unfortunately, if your decrease in assessment was less than 4.1% or you had an assessment increase from last year your taxes may have gone up, on the other hand if your decrease in assessment was more than 4% then you would see a tax reduction. We would advise residents that if they have a question about their prop-erty assessment to contact the municipal of-fice at 403-562-8833 and set up an appoint-ment with our Assessor Glen Snelgrove.

Land Issues We are working with the creditors of Crows-nest Mountain Resort to resolve the outstand-ing issues with the Wolfstone Development. The Crowsnest Centre site has been cleaned

up according to the agreement reached be-tween the contractor and the previous ad-ministration. Administration is working on a solution to dispose of or recycle the piles of broken concrete and bricks on the site. Legal Issues Mayor, Council and/or Administration have had meetings with both Chinook Pipelines and the Smoke Eaters. All sides have indicat-ed a willingness to resolve their outstanding issues without tremendous amounts of dollars being wasted on the legal process.

Labour Council and Administration have made re-building the relationship with our employees a priority. There are still issues, but thanks to a lot of hard work between our administration, CUPE leaders and membership, we feel we are making progress. Flood repairs are well underway with the initial contractor work being done on Lyons Creek, Byron Creek and Drum Creek. Development appears to be on the rebound and so far this year we have approved permits for 30% more than we did in the same time-frame last year. Soon we will be seeking public input to help us improve the Municipal Devel-opment Plan and the Land Use Bylaw.

Other Issues We are reviewing the terms of reference of all our committees. We will be looking strate-gically at ways to better market our commu-nity. Once our entire Administrative team is in place and the outstanding workload is caught up, we will begin the strategic planning and the budget process for next year with a goal of how we can maximize the services we provide to our taxpayers with as little impact as pos-sible on your pocket books. To conclude, we have a Council that is working well together, and we are building a strong, experienced administrative team. De-velopment is on the upswing, taxes are being kept in line and contentious issues are being dealt with. Thank you for your support and patience.

Mayor and Council

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Unicyclist rides through Crowsnest for climate change

By Joni MacFarlaneEditor

Wanting to stand out from the crowd, Joseph Boutilier, believes riding a unicy-cle across Canada is just odd enough to get noticed. “It’s a good conversation starter,” he said. “It’s a good way to talk to folks who

you’d never get to talk to other ways, let alone about something heavy like climate change.” Stopping in the Crowsnest Pass for a few days, Boutilier crossed into Alber-ta on May 11 and took a rest from his 5,000 kilometre, five-month unicycle ride across the country. Starting in Victoria on April 5, Boutili-

er is riding to Ottawa to promote climate change awareness and nudge elected of-ficials to action. He estimated he’s already logged 1,100 kilometres through B.C., mostly along Highway 3. “It’s been excellent really, challeng-ing for sure, a lot of hills and summits,” laughed Boutilier. “And pretty much ev-

ery form of weather imaginable.” Although Boutilier has been passing through communities where the economy is mostly energy based, he said public re-sponse has been positive. “People are definitely very support-ive,” he said. “Definitely a lot of concern around climate issues, a lot of awareness, more so than I even expected, and an ur-gency for action.” Boutilier said there are three pillars to his message to Canadians. First, he said, he wants political action on climate change and is asking politi-cians to cross party lines to deal with it; second, he wants politicians to recognize First Nations treaties and inherent land rights; and third, he asks for an end to the “muzzling” of publicly-funded scien-tists. With a federal election next year, Boutil-ier said time is running out for elected officials to make clear commitments on environment and sustainability. His trip will culminate in Ottawa on Sept. 15 when Parliament’s fall session opens. Numerous rallies and protests are planned to coincide with his arrival and solidify objectives. He also hopes to talk with party leaders to have them make firm commitments prior to the 2015 elec-tion. “It’s important that Canadians really know what they’re voting for on the plan-et file and hopefully we can make climate change a wedge issue,” said Boutilier. My concern is that none of the major parties have, in clear terms, stated exactly what they’re going to do about climate change, although they all claim that they care deeply about it.” Boutilier encourages the public to get involved online and follow his journey on www.unityfortheclimate.ca.

Victoria resident Joseph Boutilier spent a week in Crowsnest Pass enroute to Ottawa for the opening of this fall’s Parliamen-tary session. During his stop, Boutilier paid a visit to Isabelle Sellon School describing his journey and explaining his mes-sage of rallying political action on climate change.


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Famous ice cream store adds another scoop to its history By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Another chapter in the history of Bellevue be-gan recently with a change in ownership of the legendary Old Dairy Ice Cream Shoppe. After 23 years at the helm, Murielle Carlson said she’s proud of what she created. “I started it from scratch,” she said. “It came to be what I envisioned it to be. Sometimes when you’re part of it, you don’t realize the extent of its recognition.” Besides the steady stream of tourists and lo-cals, both regular and newcomers, Carlson said there was always a lot of business from people who knew the ice cream shop back in the day and drove to Bellevue to see if it was still there. Built in 1920, it was originally owned by a dairy company with a variety of products. In 1980, a new highway was built bypassing Main Street Bellevue. The ice cream shop was discon-tinued although cheese and diary continued to be sold. In 1991, Carlson said, the dairy company sold the rights to milk in the Crowsnest Pass, re-moving the equipment and leaving the building empty. Seeing an opportunity to move her original shop from behind the post office to the busier main street, Carlson bought the property and set about bringing it back to its original luster. “It had lots of historical value and in 1994,

grants became available for historical build-ings,” she said. “It had a good name back in those days as well. I feel kid of sad in a way but I feel good that it’s being left the same,” said Carlson. “It feels I’m still part of it and always will be in some way.” Bernita Vander Veen said she doesn’t see any reason to change it. “I love to keep it the same,” she said. “Carlson created something great, the community loves her and loves the product, so why change it?” Familiar with the other side of the business, Vander Veen worked in the dairy industry for 30 years with a cow-calf operation near Pincher Butte. When she and her husband moved to Crows-nest Pass, Vander Veen said she was looking for something different and jumped at the chance to buy the ice cream shop. “It’s kind of fun to make some creations,” she said. “I love the public and I like to please people. Everybody’s happy coming here for ice cream, so it’s a good place to be.” Carlson agreed and said she’s passing the shop on with good feelings. “I want to thank everyone for their support over the last 23 years. I’m grateful for all the friends I made over the years and all the kids I watched growing up,” she said. “Both John and I feel we have a huge family and are thankful for being part of their lives. We wish the new owners the same success we had.”

Kindergarten students from Horace Allen School took a trip to SpringBreak Flower Farm in Hillcrest to learn about plant growth.


Kananakis Wilds development extended By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Council approved an extension for development of the north Coleman subdivision, Kananaskis Wilds, but not before debating the implications. Development Officer Ken Bourdeau told coun-cil on May 6, that this was the fourth request for an extension since it was originally approved in 2008. “This particular application has come before council now for the fourth time and the devel-oper and his consultant have still not been able to meet the conditions of their subdivision ap-proval,” said Bourdeau. “Each extension request has been accompanied by a written letter that states the extension is required primarily due to market conditions,” Bourdeau said. He recommended the request not be approved.

Bourdeau suggested once the lots were ap-proved and created, the developer must pay the minimum tax and the property tax on the land would go up significantly. Chief Administrative Officer Sheldon Steinke stressed that if council does not extend the sub-division application, it doesn’t stop the develop-er from building – rather the municipality closes the file and the developer must reapply when they wish to go ahead. Council members suggested there are already a high number of lots on the market, and the de-veloper doesn’t want to add to that when market conditions are slow. Councillor Dean Ward said adding to that number would be a detriment to the municipal-ity and said he supported an extension. A motion granting a 12-month extension was passed unanimously.

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Municipal council briefs By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Proposal to rename streets Council has been asked to con-sider renaming the streets in front of the Royal Canadian Legions in Crowsnest Pass to reflect the name of battles Canadian sol-diers were involved in. Warrant Officer Chuck Gresl suggested the name change to mark “some great achievements in our his-tory”. The proposal will be passed on to the Culture & Heritage Com-mittee for their review.

Care Bears Crowsnest Pass residents can no longer use a program in Pincher Creek to take people to hospital appointments in Calgary. Councillor Bill Kovach sug-gested Family & Community Support Services look into get-ting a Care Bear program in the Crowsnest Pass.

Blairmore trailer dump It was agreed more signage was needed for the trailer dump on the west end of Main Street Blairmore for tourists who use the facility.

Container plant care Councillor Bill Kovach sug-gested the municipality set up a watering truck and dedicate sum-mer students to water container plants on main streets. “Our community has a lot of organizations that put these nice planters out right through our community and some good vol-unteers keep them looking good for the summer,” he said. “We should have somebody at least help these volunteers… They’re excellent showpieces on all our main streets.”

Entranceway signs Chief Administrative Officer Sheldon Steinke told council

he was waiting for a landscap-ing proposal and design for the municipal entranceway signs in-stalled earlier this year. He said power has now been trenched in with a conduit into the sign, and gravel material has been placed along the bottom to level the site. Councillor Dave Filipuzzi also asked when the “gap” be-tween the signs would be filled in. Steinke said it was a “work in progress” and administration was working with the contractor on it.

Change of street addresses Councillor Marlene Anctil said some street addresses have been changed in the community but the changes haven’t been passed on to utility companies and pos-sibly, emergency dispatch ser-vices. Administration will pass the information on to appropriate authorities.

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Crowsnest Community Support Society celebrates 50 years By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Just like people, organizations that have been around for 50 years are bound to have some history. The Crowsnest Community Support Society (CCSS) invites everyone to hear their history and share in the celebration on May 28. Originally incorporated as a Society in 1964, CCSS started as a grassroots movement, said James Woodall, Executive Di-rector. “It was basically parents that realized there was a need for supports for their kids,” he said. “There was no direct services provided until 1974 so basically it was a community organiza-tion... the primary purpose was to raise funds for others who provided direct services, such as the schools, to support kids with disabilities.” Individuals lived with their families and in 1974, the first government-funded vocational day program opened called Mountainview Vocational Cen-tre. “It was more a structural pro-gram so they ran day programs that worked on life skills and things like that,” said Woodall.Built by the Lions Club in 1964, CCSS has been renting the building since the first vocational school opened. It became an industrial work-shop in 1979 with the woodshop operating out of the front of the building. The existing woodshop building didn’t come along until 1985. In 1980, CCSS opened its first group home in Blairmore for those who needed overnight staff supports and couldn’t live on their own, said Woodall. By this time, the program could accommodate up to 20 individu-

als, he added, in both day and residential programs. Bagatelle Thrift Store opened in the Crowsnest Mall in 1984 “to provide employment-sup-ported services... connecting individuals to the community”, said Woodall. The goal of these programs was to provide community inclu-sion - getting individuals out in the community, he said, as op-posed to them being isolated in a workshop. In the 1990’s, Woodall, said the governance model changed and the Society restructured. “Starting grassroots as a family based organization... it evolved into, what are our kids going to do now that they’re adults in the community,” he said. “Whether it’s vocational which is more community-access, out in the community involved in activities, or if they have the ability to do more in a structured work envi-ronment.” CCSS began to purchase more homes for individuals to rent or rent-to-purchase, more vehicles were purchased, and individuals began to become fully employed in the community. “There was a focus on indi-viduals to participate in leader-ship within the community,” said Woodall. “It grew in terms of the types of supports that were pro-vided but the underlying focus was still day program employ-ment supported independent liv-ing in residential”. Bagatelle moved to its current location in 2005 and the focus in the last few years has been on building new homes. Today there are 22 individuals with about half living in staffed homes, a quarter living indepen-dently, and the balance who live with family. There are about 40 staff in-cluding overnight support, said Woodall, because shifting demo-

graphics require more staff. “Over the years, with an ag-ing population, a lot of support needs have increased so there are more individuals in 24-hour staffed residences,” said Wood-all. CCSS currently has three hous-es including two homes under construction in Blairmore, that will accommodate 13 people. CCSS is funded through a com-bination of provincial grants, corporate donations and fund-raising efforts. “The province really strived to maintain [local programs for people with disabilities],” said Woodall. “It gives them more choice. They’re not told, you have to move to Lethbridge when you turn 18... They’re given that choice as opposed to being told you have to move to these areas because the resources are minimal.” Woodall said Crowsnest Pass is lucky to have the quality of fa-cilities they have and credits the Board with having the foresight to purchase land and houses in the 1980’s and 1990’s. “The agency has done very, very well in this community. Al-berta as a whole has been com-mitted to maintaining [them],” he said. “Part of the reason why it’s worked is because of the sup-port of the community.” Woodall said Teck, the munici-pality and organizations such as the Lions Club and the Legions, have all helped and there are good working relationships in the community. Woodall said volunteer op-portunities could be considered and suggests people direct their enquiries to him. An open house will be held on May 28 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. featuring a brief presentation. Refreshments and cake will be served and everyone is invited to drop in to help celebrate.

Blue bikes continue to sprout up throughout the Crowsnest Pass in support of Clara’s Big Ride on May 28. The community is invited to hear Olympian Clara Hughes and cel-ebrate local champi-ons for mental health at the evening events. Help “pu-pu” the stig-ma of mental illness. Tickets to “Pupus in the Pass” are available at Scotiabank.

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Top left: Crowsnest Pass and area art lovers attended an open house at the Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery on May 17 to view the lastest exhibit. “Brushstrokes with Colour” is the work of local artist Dorothy Sharp and runs through to June 15.Top right: Rilee’s Flowers, 24” x 30” oil.Bottom left: Moon, 40” x 16” acrylic.

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Tynan and Shelly Groves are pleased to announce the forma-tion of a scholarship fund to en-courage music students to attend summer workshops. In addition, their entire studio of some 40 musicians is learning Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” in an-ticipation of the spring recital, to be held on June 1 at 2 p.m. at the Polish Hall in Coleman. This event, which will also showcase many solo works, will be open to the public and will be the main fundraiser for the schol-arships. Featuring a string orchestra - vi-olins, cello, and bass - along with

guitarists, banjo and mandolin students, a drummer and electric bassist, with Tynan performing vocals, this arrangement of the classic hit song is sure to thrill the audience. “We hope to begin a summer music camp here in the Crows-nest Pass in the near future,” said Tynan, who feels these week-long intensive programs help boost motivation in what could oth-erwise be an unproductive two months. Furthermore, they provide op-portunities for budding musicians from all over southern Alberta to socialize and share ideas, and stu-dents often make rapid progress during music camps.

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Fourteen Junior High Bad-minton players went to the Zone competition in Lethbridge on May 3. Connor Gunn, Jaclynn Gray, Meghan Tarcon, Ethan Wall, Spencer Dorge, Stephanie Arm-strong and Jessie Wilson com-peted in the Bantom event, while Jarrett Kress, Ashley Vigna,

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Municipal planning commission briefs By Joni MacFarlane Editor

The municipal planning commission held their monthly meeting on April 23 with the following decisions.

An application to consolidate three lots into two was approved. The bound-aries of the land on 22nd Avenue in Blairmore, will be realigned resulting in new titles of 65’x120’ and 60’x120’. Ryan Dyck representing the Oldman River Regional Services Commission, told the commission that the eastern 10 feet of bare land will be consolidated with the adjacent property. He also said the parcels would meet the minimum size requirements for residential zoning but the property owners will not be able to re-subdivide in the future. A letter describing the proposed sub-division was sent to adjacent landown-ers and referral agencies such as Fortis, ATCO Gas, Alberta Health Services and Alberta Transportation, and no ob-jectives were raised. There was concern that the property was zoned R1 since there were industri-al buildings to the west and east. Ken Bourdeau, municipal develop-ment officer, said the zoning was his-torical and could only be changed if the

property owner initiated it. The commission moved to approve the application subject to standard condi-tions.

An application for a home-based busi-ness on 15th Avenue in Blairmore was approved. The business proposes to do picture and artwork framing, as well as custom jewellery design and sales.

Two garages were approved includ-ing a detached garage on 20th Avenue in Coleman and another on 89th Street in Coleman.

Also two decks requesting variances for front yard setbacks were approved – one on 85th Street in Coleman and an-other on 22nd Avenue in Coleman.

An application for a manufactured home and detached garage with a re-quest to vary the front yard setback was approved for a property on 226th Street in Hillcrest. Before approval was given, there was considerable discussion about the com-bined land usage of the lot. Bourdeau told the planning commis-sion the manufactured home, the de-tached garage and the driveway take up about 69 per cent of the lot and may

impact water drainage for neighbouring lots. He recommended the garage door face the alleyway rather than the street as proposed, reducing the need for a drive-way that covers 28.3 per cent of the lot. Oliver Strickland who represented Tiegen Enterprises and the property owner, said the garage can’t be accessed from the back alley as the grade of the slope was too high. It was determined that the building conditions address drainage and that driveway area couldn’t be considered in the total usage as it was not within the commission’s scope.

Lastly, the status of outstanding de-velopment enforcement issues that had been brought before the municipal plan-ning commission were discussed. Several of the issues involved signage - on the highway, on sidewalks, portable signs, and active electronic signs. It was agreed the entire issue of signage needs to be dealt with. “Certainly when you look around the municipality, there are lots of places that have way more signs than there would be allowed under the current by-law,” said commission member Terry Hrudy. The main issue, said Bourdeau, is that

a lot of the signs are on municipal prop-erty.Council representatives Bill Kovach and Dean Ward said they want to get input from the public on the entire issue of signage in the municipality. There was also a brief discussion on the number of building projects never finished. “Given that the municipality is con-cerned now with the matter of economic development, I think it’s an important matter that a lot of these projects be finished just from a visual perspective if nothing else,” said Hrudy. Bourdeau explained people are given 90 days to start construc-tion after a building permit is is-sued and the building inspector then reviews the project every 120 days. “As long as they’ve made some small amount of progress to complete the project, their building permit continues to be active,” he said. them to do some-thing.” Bourdeau said the municipality’s Un-sightly Premises Bylaw is also another tool and is the responsibility of the Community Peace Officer. He said the Municipal Government Act does give municipalities some legal avenues for recourse but it’s a time-con-suming process.

Police briefs By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Between May 7 and May 14, Crows-nest Pass RCMP responded to 35 calls for service. They included:Assaults: 1Mischief/Vandalism: 2Theft of MV: 1Thefts: 4Drugs: 2Disturbing Peace: 2Driving Complaints: 5MV Collisions: 2Suspicious Occurrences: 3Assistance to General Public: 2Assistance to Other Agencies: 4False Alarm: 2Animal Calls: 4Municipal Bylaws: 1Prisoners: 3

Exes On May 8 at 4:30 p.m., police re-

ceived a complaint of damage to a ve-hicle by an ex-boyfriend. A 26-year-old male from Blairmore was located and arrested. He was remanded in custody until May 12 where he appeared in Le-thbridge Provincial Court and released on conditions to appear in Pincher Creek on June 3.

Shutterbug On May 8, police received a com-plaint of theft of a blue Olympus camera from the Crowsnest Sports Complex during the Lifestyle Show on May 3 at about 5:30 p.m.

Serial speeder On May 10 at 11:30 a.m., police stopped a vehicle on Highway 3 for speeding. A 29-year-old male from Crowsnest Pass was issued a violation ticket for $120. On May 11 at 8:40 p.m., police stopped the same vehicle and driver on

Highway 22 for speeding and issued a violation ticket for $225. Approximately 15 minutes later, the same vehicle and driver was stopped on Highway 3 for speeding and a ticket was issued for a mandatory court date of June 19.

Car heist On May 12 at 5:40 a.m., police received a report of a badly damaged vehicle parked on 19 Ave. Blairmore. The 1997 Chrysler Intrepid had been stolen sometime during the night in Blairmore. The matter is under investi-gation.

Radio On May 12, police received a report from a Blairmore resident of theft of a Sirius Radio taken from a vehicle sometime overnight on 17 Ave. Blair-more. The matter is under investiga-tion.

Hit & run On May 12 at 4:15 p.m., police received a complaint of a hit and run to a vehicle parked at the Crowsnest Pass Mall parking lot. The incident oc-curred the previous day at about 3 p.m. A 2010 Ford truck received damage to the passenger side mirror.

Fighting On May 13 at 9:30 p.m., police re-ceived a complaint of a disturbance at a Blairmore residence. Two males were fighting and one was asked to leave. No charges were laid.

Throwing rocks On May 13 at 7:15 p.m., police re-ceived a complaint of a traffic hazard from youths throwing rocks onto High-way 3 near Bellevue from a cliff above the highway. Police attended but the youth were gone on arrival.

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Representatives from the Crows-nest Pass Fire/Rescue Department provided an overview to council on May 13, emphasizing the suc-cess of the organization as a result of the amalgamation in 2012.The newly integrated Fire/Res-cue Department currently has 54 members, said Captain Darryl Johnson, comprised of 26 from the pre-2012 integration and 28 who came after.“There is certainly unified support for [Fire Chief] Steve [Munshaw],” said Johnson. “He’s been an excel-lent ambassador for us as well as our contract Deputy Chief Jamie [Wilkinson]. They’ve certainly provided very strong leadership to us in becoming an integrated ser-vice.”In addition, there are six captains and five lieutenants to provide 24-7 “rapid response” with senior personnel, he said.A live in-volunteer member pro-vides regular hall cleaning and maintenance as well as pre-arrival preparation, said Johnson. His presence provides enhanced secu-rity and speeds up response time.“When we get a call, now we can typically expect when we arrive at the hall, the engines are warming up and the doors are open and we’re ready to roll as soon as we’re dressed,” he said.Johnson also said the department has seen improved administrative efficiencies such as billing to re-

cover costs for services.All training is standardized through the National Fire Protec-tion Agency (NFPA), said John-son – a high level internationally recognized designation.Currently there are 12 members with NFPA Level 1 and 27 in train-ing, and 15 members with Level 2 and 12 in training, said Johnson. In addition, members receive a variety of training in other areas such as hazardous materials, ve-hicle extraction, rope rescue swift water and avalanche response.The majority of training is done in-house, and the Rescue Society continues to fundraise for other training, he added.Johnson said an assessment was done on all equipment and any-thing outdated or expired was re-moved from service. About 50 sets of expired bunker gear were do-nated to Firefighters Without Bor-ders. All vehicles have had com-mercial inspections and monthly inspections and maintenance are conducted. Portable GPS units have been installed on the main re-sponse units.Johnson said they are always look-ing for volunteers. If anyone is in-terested, they are encouraged to contact the Blairmore Firehall.“I really appreciate the direction we’re heading. It’s a coordinated effort, it’s extremely strong team-oriented,” said volunteer Bern Sawatsky. “I’d like to ask for your support for our team and our ef-forts because we care about the community. That’s why we do it.”

By Ritch Braun Submitted

Two Passtrak athletes took part in the first outdoor meet of the 2014 season on May 10 and 11 in Calgary. They recorded five personal best results out of 11 events, set four new Passtrak club records and brought home two 1st and one 3d place medal for their efforts. Alisi Ratudradra set a new Passtrak club record of 27.78 seconds in the Midget Girls 200 metres for a 7th place finish. She then earned 6th place with a leap of 4.37 metres in the long jump and finished off the meet with a

bronze medal in the 300m by fin-ishing in 44.28 seconds which also set a new Passtrak club record. Younger brother Mosese Ratu-dradra had a banner weekend where he produced 5 life time best performances in the 2 day compe-tition. He ran his fastest 60 me-tres ever in 11.33 seconds then im-proved his standing long jump to 1.35 metres. Next he ran his best 150 metre race ever in 29.25 sec-onds. He dominated the throwing events, winning both the shotput and discus with life time best per-formances and new club records of 8.02 metres and 16.31 metres respectively.

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The Hillcrest Mine Cemetery 100th Anniversary Committee is pleased to announce the Memorial Art Commission for the Hillcrest Mine Cemetery 100th Anniversary scheduled for June 18 to 21 in Crowsnest Pass. The work titled “Tag 189” was created by Douglas Squarek, an accomplished artist who was born and raised in Hillcrest. We will be producing 189 limited edition giclee prints that will be available for sale commencing May 2014. You can reserve your numbered print online at hill-crestmine100.com or at our heritage partner locations. These 10”x13” hand-signed and numbered prints will be in a presentation package with archival dou-ble mats, backing, a memorial brochure and a hand stamped miner’s tag to correspond with the print num-bers (framing optional). Two of these prints: # 1 and # 189 will be printed at 11” x 17” hand signed, framed and then auctioned off during the memorial weekend. Reserve your print on-line at www.hillcrestmine100.com

Explanation of “Tag 189” by Douglas SquarekThey dug slanted and level passageways, and tunnels into the mountain at Hillcrest. It wasn’t dark inside—it was black. The early wicked safety lamps, carried by hand or hung on heavy work clothing, cast a misty grey light illuminating only slight more than a few feet. The interconnected main passageways were dug mostly through rock and were well timbered. These passageways were cut just wide enough to install a small gauge railway to bring empty coal cars to the

miners or move loaded cars towards the surface. Walk-ing on the track was dangerous, so, they allowed a few extra feet to one side for a walk way and a ditch to evacuate the water. Water trickled, oozed, and gushed everywhere. It was damp and musty. Two large electrical fans hummed at the surface to replenish the air and keep the percent-age of methane gas within acceptable limits. Wherever the level passages encountered coal two-man teams dug tunnels up the coal seams which sloped up with the mountain. As the men tunneled upward they built makeshift chutes down one side. They loos-ened the coal in front of them with picks, pushed or shoveled it into the chute, and with the help of gravity it slid down towards the main level. Prior to each shift a procession of empty cars was towed towards the miners; by horse and a walking horseman. The horseman would uncouple three or four cars at a time and leave them near each of the working tunnels. Once the chute was full the team would come down to the level, pry out whatever they had wedged in the chute to block the coal from spewing onto the track, and fill their cars. At the end of each shift, the loaded cars would be coupled and moved by horse and horse-man towards the slanted passageways where they would be hoisted towards the surface.

“Tag 189” 9:30, June 19th 1914 In my depiction of the horrendous 1914 event a team of two miners is just below their tunnel; working to empty their chute. The mine often teamed an older more experienced miner with a younger miner; or an older brother with a younger brother.

The younger miner is prodding the coal while the older miner is bringing up a second car. Both are oblivious to the fire ball, ignited by a spark or a blast-ing cap—they never knew which—and the explosive force tearing towards them. They would never have known what hit them. Other miners, in the tunnels above would have suf-fered a more agonizing death. The oxygen in the mine would have been consumed by the explosion and they would have been overcome by poisonous carbon diox-ide, or afterdamp as the miners called it. Each miner was given two tags; one to hang in the lamp room to show he was underground and the other to take with him into the mine. They put that tag on the first car to identify their string of cars when they reached the surface. It’s Tag 189…in homage of those 189 brave men! Those who look closely will notice that the young min-er’s wedding band shines out on his blackened hand —acknowledgment both of the love and the impending sorrow—of widows and orphans that on every other day would have made working underground bearable.

Douglas Squarek Bio: Douglas was born in Hillcrest where he lived with his parents until he was 19. He attended and graduated from Concordia University of Montreal in 1969. Douglas held his first sculpture exhibit at the exclu-sive Colbert Gallery on Sherbrooke Street in Montréal in 1977, was a gallery artist with both Colbert and the Fine Art Gallery of Calgary in the 80’s. He published his first novel, Coincidenza, in 2007.

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Douglas worked in stone until he began sculpting clay-to-bronze in 2005. All of his, sixty-plus stone pieces

are sold. His limited edition bronze works are crafted at an artisanal foundry in In-verness, Quebec. He continues to create new, limited-edition bronze on a commissioned

basis. He completed the manuscript of his second novel, Na-dine’s Tent, this sum-mer. Today, Douglas con-centrates on his grow-ing portfolio of origi-nal, “color sculpted” digital art work. You can find samples of his work at www.dou-glassquarek.blogspot.com. Douglas Squarek was born in Hillcrest, and the coal mines of the Crowsnest Pass are indelible to his family history—from his grandfather Steve Squarek who emigrat-ed to Hillcrest in 1903 from the Ukraine to find a new life in Canada and who did so by working in the Bellevue and Hillcrest mines; to his father John Squarek who worked in Bellevue and other Pass mines and survived being buried twice; and to Douglas who timber packed and worked the outside chutes in

the Kananaskis mine that last summer before he left for uni-versity. His maternal grand-father too, Nurick Spooner, came from Durham England to work in the Bellevue mine.

Tag 189 is an art piece commissioned by the Hillcrest Mines 100 Com-mittee to reflect the Hillcrest Mine Disaster of June 19, 2014. Created by former resident Douglas Squarek, 189 limited edition giclee prints will be available for sale.

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Chambermembers primed onestateplanning By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Com-merce members were given an overview on the importance and key components of estate planning at the month-ly luncheon held last week. First, however, Robert Earley, Associate with Community Design Strategies Inc. (CDS), told Chamber mem-bers, not to be surprised if they see him wander-ing the streets, photo-graphing and making notes in Blairmore and Frank lately. Earley has been detail-ing properties as part of the Municipal Heri-tage Inventory Phase II project now underway. “We’re looking at some of the important historical buildings in the region to see if they could potentially, if the owners wish and only if the owners wish, have them designated as mu-nicipal historic resourc-es,” said Earley. The three-phase proj-ect is expected to cover all five historic commu-nities of the municipal-ity. A historic inventory was completed from Coleman west to the border last year and the project is expected to move to Bellevue-Hill-crest in 2015. Guest speaker Me-lissa Bobinec, a finan-cial planner with RBC, then presented a primer on estate and will plan-ning Everyone should have an estate plan and a will is only a starting point. Bobinec said it takes a long time to settle an estate but a will is nec-essary to “protect and preserve your assets and transfer them in accordance with your wishes as quickly and tax efficiently as pos-sible upon your death”. Bobinec also ex-plained probate, power of attorney, trusts, and the role of life insur-ance in an estate. Chamber Director Ja-nis Entem asked mem-bers to consider sitting on the Municipal His-toric Resources Board as that group is looking for a Chamber repre-sentative. In addition, the Visi-tor Information Guide is now available, said Entem, and copies are available for business owners to distribute at their location.

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