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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 commentary. 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 methods typically used by municipalities, as well as a comparison of how the Crowsnest Pass stacks up against other Alberta communities with similar populations.

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Council then got down to specifics on March 6 with a presentation addressing roads, water, wastewater 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 province. Built in 1988, the plant requires serious upgrades, 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 Program (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 upgrade ($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 Inspection ($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 infrastructure 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 looking 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 billion 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 ray and completing Calgary’s ring road, can have access to the public infrastruc- remain priorities and the province has ture they need,” said Horner. set aside funds for these.

Last year, the province grew by 3.5 A Basic Municipal Transportation per cent, the fastest Grant, aimed at growth rate in over road building will 30 years. be funded over the Investment initianext three years. It’s tives are also promnow labelled under ised to protect the Municipal Sushigh-priority areas tainability Initiative susceptible to fuwhich has been given ture flood damage, a $150 million boost flood hazard mapfor projects such as ping, mitigation public transit verelated to damaged hicles and facilities, areas, and related recreation and sport water and wastewafacilities, roadways, ter infrastructure. bridges and storm Finance Minister Doug Horner Over the next sewer systems. three years, the In the area of Tories promise 50 health care, services new schools will be for mental health and built and 70 existaddictions is more ing schools will be than doubling from modernized. $20 million to $48.8 The province esmillion. Funding for timates 18,000 new enhanced home care students will enter Alberta’s school sys- is going from $30 million to $40 million. tem next year.

Another $25 million over the next The budget included funds for 258 ki- three years is going to the primary care lometres of new or twinned highways sector, often delivered through primary and 2,500 kilometres of rehabilitated care networks and family care clinics. highways.

On the negative side, there is a six per Twinning Highway 63 to Fort McMur- cent decrease in the budget for drugs,

“There is no question things are looking good in Alberta, but even so, I’m delivering this good news with some cautious optimism.”

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 increase 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 sustainability.

“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 poorer.

“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.”

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Medical marijuana, telecom antennas growing issues for land use planners

By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Canada, he added.

“Everybody wants their own tower,” he said.

On the topic of medical marijuana operations, Hrudy said it seems “there’s

community believe there is an opportunity for the municipality to regulate land use for medical marijuana operaSeveral concerns are taking root tions. A resolution will be presented at among land use planners, including the spring conference of the Alberta Asmedical marijuana opsociation of Municipal erations and telecomDistricts and Counties, munication antennas. because they believe The Municipal Planmunicipalities regulate ning Commission retheir land use and the cently discussed the federal government need to look at these can’t override that. issues as they become Some of the other more prevalent in ortopics the Commisder to have guidelines sion will seek clarificato deal with them. tion on were sleeping Chairperson Susan accommodations in a Wagner said she bebuilding separate from lieves that action needs the primary dwelling, to be taken for addithe number of units tions to the newly deper parcel, the use of veloped land use bylaw. residential property for The federal governrecreation purposes, ment has a template for the sequence of resiestablishing a protocol dential building, and As issues such as licensed medical marijuana operations and telecomaround antennas and electronic illuminated munication antennas become more prevalent, the Municipal Planning their supporting strucsigns.

Commission discussed the need to have guidelines in place to deal tures, said Commission Mike Burla sugwith land concerns. member Terry Hrudy, gested the Municipal Photo submitted that council can tailor Planning Commission to the Crowsnest Pass. bring their concerns to Oldman River Recouncil for discussion. gional Services Commission representa- not a lot of wiggle room for the munici- While some of them are day-to day active Mike Burla said federal regulations pality that basically if somebody has an tion items, others are more philosophiin the U.S.A. state they “must” be built industrial area and meets all the con- cal in nature, he said. to capacity with several transmitters on ditions of our land use bylaw, that we He suggested a committee be struck to one tower rather than only one per tow- can’t, as a municipality, tell them no”. review the issues and determine bylaw er. Unfortunately, this is not the case in Burla said some members of the legal amendments or additions.

Municipal property sold, buyback denied

By Joni MacFarlane Editor

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 Hillcrest, and the fourth piece is 4,800 square feet, reported Development Officer Ken Bourdeau.

According to the Municipal Government Act, the municipality must obtain an assessed value for these

properties, Bourdeau told council.

The municipal assessor recommended $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 value, a public hearing must be held, Bourdeau added.

Council agreed to negotiate the sale of these municipal properties. It will generate $29,516.

However, a request by Greenmore Corp. to return property to the municipality in return for a refund of two

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Bourdeau said Greenmore’s rational for the request 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 applied 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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Nanny state needed to protect us from ourselves A man and his girlfriend went to Las Vegas.

He had some drinks on the plane from Los Angeles 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 fascinating 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 morning, 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 gambler”, 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 anything 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 committing 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, casinos 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 Olympian Clara Hughes to town.

On March 14, Clara’s Big Ride hits the road as Clara sets out on her epic journey 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 begin her journey.

“After months of preparation and anticipation, 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 Canada’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 limited-edition NHL autographed jersey, and other memorabilia autographed by Clara.

“PuPus in the Pass” is a Hawaiianthemed 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 invited 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 403-6514142 or redekjo@gmail.com.

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 horizon.

Lyle Hannan, director of community services, told council 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 Chamber of Commerce also asked to

rent the Sports Complex for the Lifestyle Show and Christmas in the Mountains, said Hannan.

The Lifestyle Show is scheduled 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 equipment rental for Community Services to try and get the facility cleaned and ready in three days, he said.

According to the bylaw, clean-up by municipal crews is charged out at $50/hour. Estimating the number of hours, the cost totals over $20,000.

Hannan said he didn’t recommend 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 happen this year because of the compressed schedule, is we’re going to incur probably many hours at a greater cost than the $50/hour beDirector, Community Services Lyle cause we’ll be looking at Hannan 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 tremendous amount of money into the Complex. So I think we have to take those kind of things into consid-

“If there was more time between events... we’d have more options for creative solutions, I think.”

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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 organizations 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 requests for community events not identified in the annual operating 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 repair work on municipal land caused by damage from June’s flooding incident.

Stephen Burnell with ISL Engineering told council project No. 1 was for two separate sites within the municipality between Island 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 Disaster Recovery Program and includes brush and tree removal, excavation, road grading and shaping, crushed base and new topsoil.

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 approved Chinook Pipelines.

Tender No. 3 was for six separate sites, said Burnell, including Blairmore Creek at Blairmore Hospital, upstream 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 Pipelines was the low bidder coming in at $844,631, including GST. DeGraaf Excavating Ltd. had the second bid at $1,533,708.

Again, repair work is Submitted bids were: Deto start immediately, said Graaf Excavating Ltd. Burnell, with a completion $224,345, Arboricultural date of Oct. 31.

Services Inc. $128,047, There are two funding and Grumpy’s Landscapsources available for this ing Ltd. $56,693. project – the Disaster ReA fifth project, for work covery Program and the Flood Recovery Erosion Control Program.

Council unaniCommitment Runs Deep mously approved Chinook Pipelines.

Burnell said another two projects received bids and are still under evaluation by Stantec Engineering.

Tender No. 2 is for two separate sites within the municipality at Knoll’s Flats Access Road and the Willow Drive culvert crossing on Start Creek.

The work includes ditch grading and shaping, pit run, excavation, asphalt removal and disposal and new asphalt installation.

The project is to be finished by Sept. 30.

Again there were three bids on this project: Arboricultural Services Inc. $105,113, Grumpy’s Landscaping Ltd. $29,575, and DeGraaf 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.

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

able as at press time.

Burnell stressed that the intent is to have work complete before another potential spring flood.

“There is immediate work that will be under-

taken right away and prior to spring runoff, and that work is intended to be completed earlier in May to ensure that there’s not further flood damage.”

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What a difference a week makes! Wintervention outdoor activities that were postponed from the weekend before, enjoyed mild temperatures and attracted dozens of spectators and participants. Left and middle: Team Passquatch and Team Nippon Institute of Technology were two of seven teams to give a valiant effort in the Human Dog Sled Races. First place went to the Pass Players (Team Teck) while Rum Runners took second prize. Right: Tim Juhlin won first place in the Frying Pan Toss with a throw of 73.5 inches and Silas Mertz won first place for kids. Last year’s winner, Shane Gomez, came to defend his title last weekend and remains undefeated at 75 inches. Congratulations to the Crowsnest Cultural & Recreation Society for a very successful - and fun - Winter Festival.

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Creating a safer highway for people & wildlife

By Joni MacFarlane Editor 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 Conservation 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 animals are killed – with three areas identified as priority spots for mitigation structure such as underpasses or overpasses.

The first is a narrow corridor near Emerald 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 highway is the ideal spot, he said, with fencing on each side of the highway funneling wildlife towards the underpass.

Emerald Lake will also receive a mitigation structure, possibly an underpass, because of the high rate of mortality and its conservation significance due to the local bighorn sheep population, said Schaufele.

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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 highway 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 incidents, and once mitigation structures are in place, to verify their effectiveness.

Road Watch volunteers will continue to record wildlife-vehicle collisions on the

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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 structures are built, said Schaufele.

Walking a grid pattern on each side of the highway, volunteers will look for carcasses 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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2014 Crowsnest Pass Volunteer Recognition Night Volunteers Make Our Community Grow

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The Municipality of the Crowsnest Pass and Family & Community Support Services would like to invite all community volunteers to a night of celebration.

Join us for dinner, entertainment and award presentations.

Schaufele is currently mapping 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 metres along the fence line by about 150 metres in.

An app, that will be downloaded on volunteers’ phones, will allow them to follow the GPS pattern, record what they see and add comments.

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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 sixmonth 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 important to keep on doing this.”

Trucking permitting system drives into Pass

By Joni MacFarlane Editor

2014 Volunteer Recognition Night Wednesday, April 9 - Dinner at 6:30pm

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 mitigation,” 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

If overweight and over-sized trucks use municipal roads as part of their route, a provincial permit as well as municipal approval is required.

But now an automated system 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 recommendations.

First, the province would develop an automated permitting system that would issue all necessary 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 municipalities will strive to standardize the conditions for movement of oversize loads.

A Transportation Routing

and Vehicle Information System (TRAVIS) multi-jurisdiction permitting system with Alberta Transportation will get underway April 1st.

The five-year agreement establishes 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 community that they’re in a TRAVIS area.

The cost for the signs is $3,000 and there are no ongoing 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 Vierssen Trip Crowsnest Museum

nylon and rayon became popular. These fabrics require less ironing than some Today the phrase natural fibers. Ironmeans going through ing also gained ada tough, grueling exvances when electriperience, but people cally heated irons never used to be put with a constant temthrough the wringer perature replaced – our clothes did. sadiron sets, saving As some older Pass time and hassle. residents may recall, In the end, the automatic washing worth of new washmachine sales did ing machine technolnot surpass the older ogy comes down to wringer-washer style the numbers: studuntil the 1950s, leavies show the average ing some families usNorth American ing these machines family spends about into the 60s and 10 hours less per 70s. Today, most sit week on household unused as antique chores than 50 years curiosities – but for ago. New washing decades, wringermachine designs now washers were a timefocus on saving elecMrs. Olson, grandmother of Betty Walmsley, with saving device that tricity and water as her laundry. not only cut down on well as time.

Courtesy of Crowsnest Museum time spent scrubbing The washing mabut ironing as well. chines on display at Clothing passed flat the Crowsnest Musethrough a wringer, then hung on a line, and were um help document the “evolution” of machines deless likely to wrinkle than clothing that had simply signed to slash household chore time. Come check hung to dry. them out as part of the History Detectives program Was the switch from wringer washers to automatic on “This Old House,” from 1-4 on Saturday March machines worth it? Automatic machines spin out ex- 15 at the Crowsnest Museum. You can also learn cess water rather than squeezing, and some fabrics how to research the history of your house with Ian like cotton and linen are more likely to need iron- McKenzie on March 25 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For ing. Fortunately, the advances in washing machines more information or to register for the research came about the same time as manmade fabrics like workshop call 403-563-5434.

The Crowsnest Pass Chapter of Ducks Unlimited Canada invites you to their 25th Annual fundraising event March 15, 2014 at MDM Community Centre, Bellevue Doors open at 5:30pm Program begins at 6:00pm Tickets $40 each Tickets available at Sears, Gallery of Sight & Sound, or by contacting Marc Ostrensky at 403-753-0017

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Police briefs

By Joni MacFarlane Editor

Between Feb. 26 and March 5, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to 33 calls for service. They included: Fraud/Forgery: 1 Threats/Harassment:1 Theft: 1 Disturbing Peace: 1 Driving Complaints: 2 MV Collisions: 12 Suspicious Occurrences: 1 Assistance to General Public: 2 Assistance to Other Agencies: 5 911 Calls (Invalid): 2 False Alarms: 4 Animal Calls: 1 Prisoners: 1 Family feud On 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 laptop was recovered and returned to owner. No charges were laid.

Disturbing the peace On Feb. 26 at 11:20 p.m., police received a complaint of people fighting in a parking lot restaurant/bar in Coleman. There was no physical fight, but participants were arguing. Police attended and directed everyone to go home. No charges were laid.

Buyer beware On 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 unable to locate the seller. The mat-

ter is under investigation.

Big yellow taxi On March 1 at 3 p.m., police received a complaint of an intoxicated person who wanted a ride to Pincher Creek. The taxi driver would not give them a ride without payment in advance and the rider refused to get out of the cab.

Pincher Creek and Piikani members 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 I On March 1 at 11:25 a.m., police received a report of a motor vehicle collision with an elk. The incident occurred on Highway 3 west of Coleman at about 1 a.m.

The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass has vacancies on the following Boards & Committees Community Economic Development & Tourism Advisory Committee Community Policing Advisory Committee Municipal Historic Resources Board Municipal Planning Commission

The Board and Committee Application Form is available at the Municipal Office or can be downloaded from the Municipal Website www.crowsnestpass.com The applicable Bylaw or Terms of Reference for each Board & Committee is available at the Municipal Office or can be downloaded from the Municipal Website www.crowsnestpass.com Deadline for the Submission of the Board and Committee Application Form is March 24, 2014 at 4:30 pm

Crowsnest Pass Indoor Playground Society

AnnuAl GenerAl MeetinG March 18th at 6pm at Indoor Playground,

located in the South East corner of the MDM Community Centre, 2802 222st Bellevue.

Please come find out what we have been up to this past year and our future plans!

Parents, Grandparents, caregivers, eVerYOne WelCOMe!!

Childcare will be provided for those who need it. Refreshments will be served!

We hope to see you there!

Applications previously submitted are not carried forward to each appointment process. If you are still available and interested in serving on a Municipal Board or Committee, please resubmit an application. Thank you.

For more information please call 403-562-8833 Application forms can be delivered to the Municipal Office at 8502-19 Avenue Mailed to: Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Box 600, Crowsnest Pass AB T0K 0E0 Attention: Carolee Ison Emailed to: adminclerk1@crowsnestpass.com

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Thursday, March 13, 2014 Crowsnest Pass Free Press

Chris’ Restaurant

Great food and friendly faces since

Crowsnest Pass Eat & Drink

1975

7802 17th Ave Coleman

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

Orange Glazed Lamb with Beans This microwave recipe is an original way to serve lamb.

Now off e gluten frring pizzas a ee n baking! d

IngredIents: • 2 racks of lamb Glaze : • 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 orange Accompaniment : • 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

12817 21st Ave. Blairmore

Open 7 days a week Orders & info: 403-753-2222

Here to make you happy 1130 Table Mountain Street, Pincher Creek, AB • 403-627-2787

Popiel’s R E S TAU R A N T

Visit our Facebook page Daily Lunch Specials Open for Breakfast 8329 20th Ave Coleman, AB 403 563 5555

Call Jennifer to reserve your spot on our Eat and Drink Page (403)563-4231

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 cooking. 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 minutes 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 Zucchini

As 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 breadcrumbs • 30 ml (2 tbsp) milk • 15 ml (1 tbsp) chopped parsley • 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 minutes 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 breadcrumbs 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.