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Pass Piranhas rule the pool
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The Pass Piranha Swim Club hosted their annual July 13 and 14 swim meet at the Pass Community Pool. Twenty-eight swimmers from the club entered the meet, most swimming six events throughout the two days. Coming from Taber, Lethbridge Fort Macleod, Pincher Creek, Brooks, Claresholm and Taber, 208 swimmers attended the meet. The club won third place in aggregate and total points. Aggregate winners for the meet include Jaylyn Wilson, Olivia Collings, Zoe Civitarese, Samantha Bleich, Ethan Ballak, Alison Fogtmann, Paul Fogtmann, Quinn Douglas, Keiran Douglas and Aiden Douglas. Picture above is Keiran Douglas in the 50-meter butterfly.
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2 – CROwsnEst PAss HERALD – Wednesday, July 18, 2018
~Council updates~
Country residential RVs, EDO position, e-bikes, and more AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter
RVs on country residential parcels Council passed first reading amending the Land Use Bylaw to prohibit the storage of recreation vehicles on Grouped Country Residential parcels. As per the current bylaw, the municipality has provisions permitting an RV to be stored on country residential lots for no more than 30 cumulative days while the development and building permits are being issued and no principle use has been established. Once all permits are issued, one RV may be stored for the duration of the construction. After that, up to three RVs may be stored on the property. However, in no case shall a recreational vehicle be used for permanent living or sleeping accommodation. The proposed bylaw amendment states that no recreational vehicles may be stored on a parcel until a principle use has been established, thereby forbidding the storage of a recreational vehicle for 30 cumulative days during
the permitting stage. A Public Hearing will be scheduled prior to the second and third reading of the bylaw and a mail-out will be sent to country residential parcel owners. EDO position Council passed a motion approving the addition of an Economic Development Officer (EDO) in the management hierarchy work chart. The position will cost the municipality approximately $113,000 annually for salary, benefits, phone and travel. As the EDO position is not in the 2018 budget, it would be funded out of reserves for the remainder of the year and would be part of 2019 budget discussions. Council also passed a motion to follow the Purchasing Policy and Procedure to hire a facilitator who would help Council develop an Economic Strategic Plan by August 15, 2018, costing the municipality approximately $5,000. The plan will help guide the EDO job description and responsibilities, and establish a long-term perspective for economic
development. E-bikes update Council passed a motion that a draft e-bike policy or bylaw comes back to council in November 2018. A public hearing will be held prior to second reading of the bylaw. The throttles on the five e-bikes purchased by the municipality have been disabled. According to Joey O’Brien, Manager of Community Services, the municipality received the US model by mistake, which is equipped with a throttle, instead of the model that is solely pedal-assist. The e-bikes are rented out from the Crowsnest Community Pool and riders are advised to ride on the Community Trail or to remain on the green colourcoded trails classified as “easy” on the Pass Powderkeg (PPK) trail system. This recommendation is in line with the municipal insurance policy for renting out the e-bikes. However, while someone choosing to ride a blue “medium” or a black “difficult” trail on PPK would be disobeying municipal advice, it is virtually im-
possible to enforce that riders remain on green trails, especially considering that e-bikes and regular bikes look largely similar. O’Brien points out that already, there are riders using e-bikes riding the PPK trails almost every day with their own bikes. The e-bike rental program will be re-evaluated at the end of each quarterly cycle. Part of the process will look at which trails ebike users are riding on and will be used to inform policy. But Council may have more to consider in their bylaw than only e-bikes. Electric transportation technology is evolving and expanding rapidly, with etricycles, e-quads even electric unicycles hitting the markets. Castle Parks has jumped on the e-bandwagon as well, supplying a 3,000-watt twist grip throttle Icon Explore e-trike to loan out to people with disabilities. Expanding Southern Alberta Trade Corridor Council has passed a motion to contribute a letter of support to the Town of Cardston concerning an expansion of the Southern Alberta Trade Corridor. The Town of Cardston has two goals they are pushing for. They would like to have the opening
hours of the Carway-Piegan border crossing between Canada and the US increased from 16 hours (7 a.m. to 11 p.m.) to being operational 24 hours a day. They would also like to expand the crossing to accommodate commercial truck traffic. Coleman Revitalization update The tendering process for the Downtown Coleman Revitalization Project concluded on Friday, July 13, 2018. The municipality is now working to award the construction project to a contractor. According to Patrick Thomas, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), at this time, the project is still on schedule to be completed by the end of November 2018. A per-day penalty will be imposed starting in May 2019 if the contractor is unable to complete the project this year (no penalty would be imposed between the months December and April because it is physically impossible to conduct any work during the winter weather. Bellevue Cemetery update Maintenance on the Bellevue Union Cemetery to mitigate the seasonal flooding has not yet commenced. There is still water flooding the cemetery and,
according to Thomas, the municipality is waiting for the water level to recede in order to begin maintenance. "We’re going to start as soon as we can get in there. Half the material is on-site already. We’re just waiting for the ground to dry up,” he says. Crowsnest Lake boat dock Council passed a motion to direct Administration to proceed with repairing the boat dock at Crowsnest Lake, funded from reserves, on the condition that it can be completed by the end of July and that it does not come ahead of performing maintenance on the Bellevue Cemetery. The cost to repair and install the dock is approximately $4,500 to $6,000. This estimate is for repairing the boat dock only. Repairing the boat launch will come as a separate project. Councillor Dean Ward said that he will not support the project if it causes any delays to the repairs at the Bellevue Cemetery, which floods annually at spring time. Mayor Blair Painter noted that this is a relatively inexpensive project that would have a really good impact within our community.
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In the LIne oF FIre Between July 5 and July 15, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 92 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Three (3) assaults, one (1) break and enter, one (1) fraud/forgery, two (2) threats/harassment, one (1) mischief, five (5) thefts, two (2) disturbing the peace, two (2) other criminal code, six (6) other provincial statutes, 15 driving complaints, eight (8) motor vehicle collisions, 13 assistance to general public, eight (8) suspicious occurrences, two (2) lost and found, one (1) assistance to other agencies, 11 invalid 911 calls, five (5) false alarms, four (4) animal calls and two (2) municipal bylaws. Double check On July 5, a 51-yearold male from Edmonton was stopped for speeding on Highway 22 twice in 15 minutes. The man
was issued violation tickets for both occurences. C-gone On July 6, the detachment received a complaint regarding the theft of a green C-can from Lost Creek area. The incident ocurred some time between June 25 and 29. Fallen On July 8, a report was made regarding a found expedition tent in a bag at a gas station in Coleman. The bag appears to have fallen from the back of a truck. Suspicious man On July 11, a complaint came into the detachment about a suspicious male in the Macs parking lot in Blairmore. The male started a small fire to keep warm. The 58-year-old male had outstanding warrants for this arrest from Red Deer. The man was released on documents
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Fireman’s Park break-in On July 9, police received a complaint regarding a break and enter to Fireman’s Park. The locks were cut on the gates and a shed was broken into. Jerry cans were stolen.
Broken window On July 15, police received a call regarding a rear window that was broken while driving on Highway 3 in Frank. It is unknown what caused the damage.
Lost and stolen On July 11, police received a complaint regarding a lost iPhone in Bellevue. An unknown person hacked into the phone and entered the peron’s bank information, transferring money out of an account. Tickets Fifty-eight violation tickets were issued between July 1 and 15. Bellevue Mine break-in On July 15, a complaint of a break-andenter was received for the Bellevue Underground Mine. The lock had been broken at en-
Stolen from vehicle On July 15, the detachment received a complaint regarding the theft of an iPhone and wallet stolen from a vehicle parked on 222 Street in Bellevue. Found property A Vtech phone was found in the mall parking lot in Blairmore. An expedition tent was found in Coleman. Anyone with information regarding any crime is urged to contact the Crowsnest Pass RCMP Detachment at 403-562-2867 or Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800-422TIPS.
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Local author gives soul to Frank Slide AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter
Crowsnest Pass has some of the most interesting history in Canada, but some of this lore is diluted with inaccuracies and myths. With his latest book Grave Stones: A Frank Slide Story, local author Ken Roome hopes to preserve the truthfulness of Crowsnest Pass history. The historical fiction novel details the stories of residents, rescue workers and those impacted by the day on April 29, 1903 when 110 million tonnes of rock slid down Turtle Mountain and onto the town of Frank. The accounts of events are real, but the fiction aspect comes in as Roome gives personality and emotions to the characters. “I hope it brings the fiction a little bit closer to truth and I hope it actually makes an interesting place even more interesting,” says Roome. “Our legends have gone from legends to fantasy or myth. I tried to bring them back with the actual facts.” For example, Roome cleared up the fact that there wasn’t only one survivor, as is erroneously believed by some people, there were in fact 23 who lived through the slide. In fact, Roome dedicated the book to Gladys Ennis Verquin, the little baby that was legendary as the only survivor ac-
cording to an initial report by a journalist at the time, and her brother Delbert Ennis, who was Roome’s neighbour and shared many stories from those coal mining days. Setting the stage for 1903 Frank, Roome lays out Turtle Mountain, describes the building of the town by Henry L. Frank and sets the general ambiance of the time with the railroad construction and coal mining coming in to the region. “The adventure starts right from the mine entry. As the wave of rocks passed, I did each story as the rocks hit. At the end, I wrap it up with the people moving across the tracks to the north side of Frank, away from the mountain because they were sure it was going to fall again,” he says. The self-published book is based on true events the Roome learned through his “72 years of living,” as the author puts it. He spent years speaking with people who lived through the Frank Slide and saw what happened. You might recognize some familiar names from the book, notable people who are instrumental in the history of Crowsnest Pass. There’s Alexander Leitch, a businessman who died in the slide, or mine workers Shorty Dawson, Dan McKenzie and Joe Chapman. While all the charac-
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Local author Ken Roome holding his book Grave Stones: A Frank Slide Story. ters in Grave Stones: A ally in working on his poFrank Slide Story are real etry book, titled Poems of people, Roome gives the Pass and Beyond, that them personality, emo- the inspiration for Grave tions, hopes, dreams and Stones arose. fears. "The first 15 poems in “All the people in it my poetry book are hisare just names, and I've torical about the shootout made them people. in Bellevue, the Frank They’re all given character by me. I've given them Slide, the Hillcrest Mine characteristics, love and Disaster,” he says. He would sell his fear and bravery and leadership. My intent is to book along Highway 3 in give character to people Frank and got tired of that are just historical hearing misinformation names. I want them to from drivers passing live when you read this through the region. book,” he says. “I thought, "Well, we For example, when have to straighten this you read about Alexander up,” he says. Leitch, Roome hopes you A book launch for feel that Leitch longs to Grave Stones: A Frank own Frank one day. Slide Story was held at This is Roome’s third the Crowsnest Communovel, the first being a nity Library on July 17. If book on golf instruction you missed it, you can and another a collection loan a copy of Roome’s of 56 poems. It was actu- book at the library.
11⁄2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar 1 cup gluten-free flour 1⁄4 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar 1⁄4 cup unsweetened applesauce 2 teaspoons coconut oil, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 12 vegan crunchy chocolate cookies, crushed 1 12-ounce jar Dollop Gourmet Madagascar Vanilla vegan frosting Milk 1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a donut pan with nonstick cooking spray. 2. Pour the vinegar into a 1⁄2 cup measure. Add enough milk to come to the brim. Let sit until slightly thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. 3. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, applesauce, coconut oil, and vanilla. Slowly add the flour mixture and mix until smooth. Add the almond milk mixture and continue mixing for 1 minute more. Add half of the crushed cookies and mix until just combined. 4. Scoop the batter into the prepared donut pan, filling three-quarters of the way full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool before frosting. 5. Microwave the uncovered frosting jar for 5second intervals, stirring in between, until soft. Gently frost the top of each donut. Sprinkle the remaining crushed cookies over the donuts.