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Wrapping up the regular season, the Crowsnest Pass Thunder Novice 1 beat Kainai by a score of 9-3 on Sunday, Feb. 23.
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Rum Runner Days remains deferred By Joni MacFarlane Editor
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 administrative officer, advised council that last year’s Chairperson 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, implications and budget for a 2015 event to po-
tentially include Thunder in the Valley and Rum Runner Days”. 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 municipality start to canvass for volunteers as soon as possible. Councillor Lazzarotto disagreed. She said she believes it will be difficult to get volunteers over the next few months because of the upcoming
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events that rely on volunteers such as the Bunny Bonspiel, the Chamber of Commerce Lifestyle & Outdoor Adventure Show, Kananaskis Pro Rodeo, and the Hillcrest Mine Disaster 100th Anniversary. “You’re going to have volunteer burnout,” she said. Councillor Marlene Anctil also pointed out that with the Crowsnest Pass Show & Shine moving to another weekend and the Taste of Crowsnest not happening, “it doesn’t leave much in between”. It was agreed to defer Rum Runner Days and start working towards 2015 by advertising for volunteers at the end of July.
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