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New play space at MDM

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Brighter Futures hosted a volunteer build night at the Nature Learning Play Space on the east side of the MDM Community Centre on July 18. A generous group of volunteers, pictured above, helped build various equipment for the play area like the loose parts shed, the wood stump kitchen tables and chairs, the large gross motor items and the garden area. Additional pieces that Brighter Futures is hoping to install are a slide and a painted mural on the MDM wall, anticipated to be in spring 2018. Later this summer, the group will be building a shelf for the shed, the garden boxes, and a little library/reading area, and cut log chairs and benches later this summer. Anyone interested in helping complete these sections can contact Meagan Morency at 403-563-8348. See full story on page 2.

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Thank You Our hearts are full of gratitude when we say many thanks to family, friends and neighbors, for all acts of kindness and sympathy; food, flowers, cards, visits and kind words spoken to our family regarding the recent passing of a wonderful son, brother, husband, father and papa, Cameron Kaprowski. We want to express our special appreciation to the Doctors, RN's, LPN's and especially the Health Care Aids of the Crowsnest Pass Hospital and Long Term Palliative Care. A sincere thank you to Dr. Botha for all you have done for Cam and a special thank you to Darrell and staff at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel, for all your guidance and kind words during this difficult time. How grateful we are to have wonderful family and friends like you throughout the community.

Your love and support for our family has been very much appreciated during this time of loss.

Thank You, The Kaprowski Family

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Encourages learning through nature and manipulation AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

Perhaps now more than ever, with technology at the fingertips of young and old, it is important to connect with and learn from our natural environment.

What better way to do that than through playing?

The brand new Nature Learning Play Space at the MDM Community Centre hopes to promote just that: learning fundamental skills in an outdoor environment through play.

“I personally love outdoor play and the whole natural side of things is just so interesting to me,” says rural parent educator with Brighter Futures and project manager of the Nature Learning Play Space Meagan Morency, who says it has been a dream of hers to make something like this ever since college. “Children learn through play and with this playground, they get to be outside with nature.”

Morency put together the idea for the Nature Learning Play Space in winter 2017 and it wasn’t long after that that the ball really got rolling. Morency researched the ideas for outdoor playground equipment and bounced ideas back and forth with

other Brighter Futures staff and the Crowsnest Pass and Area Early Childhood Coalition, a project partner.

Morency started raising money for the initiative and received a positively overwhelming amount of support from local businesses and private donations, whether it be funds, equipment, or time and labour.

Spray Lake Sawmills donated the mulch, the Pass Powderkeg Ski Area donated the logs and the lumber was contributed by the Blairmore Park Ranger station.

The initiative really picked up momentum after they went public with the project in February 2018. By spring, half the park was built and last week, a group of volunteers gathered to complete the major components of the play space.

The play area is accessible to anybody, all year round and is geared towards children from zero to six years old.

“We don’t want to call it a playground because most of what's in the play space is movable, so kids can change things to where they want it to be because that’s how they learn, through manipulation,” says Beth Pounder, program coordinator ! for the Crowsnest Pass and Area Early Childhood Development Coalition.

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According to Pounder, the benefit of being outdoors and unstructured play is a huge benefactor in developing these five skills positively.

“Our job as a coalition is to promote the importance of the early years of children and we know that the years zero to six shape a child’s future and getting the little kids out has shown the most benefit being outdoors in nature and having that openended play where they can manipulate things,” she says. “This play space has the potential to benefit every child in the community. Not only is it a wonderful idea, but it’s helpful to our community.”

Pounder adds that not only is the play space a wonderful idea, but it’s a need in our community.

That’s because data collected by the Early Child Development Mapping Project by Alberta Education showed that, only 46 percent of Alberta children were developing appropriately in all five areas and in 2016, Crowsnest Pass children were below provincial averages, partic-

ularly in the physical domain.

The freedom for kids to manipulate components is key in the Nature Learning Play Space, with a variety of household items available to interact with in different and creative ways. The area features a little bridge that goes over a pretend moat, a 3D gardening area, a ring of stumps that will hopefully one day be sheltered by a tipi to protect from the elements, a mud kitchen space with cooking utensils and cutlery, and a shed filled with loose parts.

“Loose parts are a big movement in the early childhood field where you give children literally anything, like PVC pipes, bowls, buckets, just random stuff you find at your house,” says Morency.

There will also be a reading section with a little library that will be installed later this summer.

Each piece of playing equipment is made out of wood, purposefully so to focus on natural textures.

Morency says that a slide, expected to be installed in spring 2018, will be the only part not made out of wood. A mural on the side wall is also proposed to be painted by a group of local artists.

To get involved, contact Morency at 403-5638348 or visit Nature Learning Play Space on Facebook.

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Science and History Day in Waterton Herald Contributor

Parks Canada and the U.S. National Park Service will host the 15th annual Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day at the Falls Theatre (near Cameron Falls) in Waterton Lakes National Park on Tuesday, July 24th, 2018. This international event, held annually on the fourth Tuesday in July, is free of charge with park’s entry fees. All visitors are encouraged to attend.

“Science and History Day is an outstanding opportunity for visitors to engage with the research taking place in the International Peace Park and personally connect with our environment and history,” says Ifan Thomas, Waterton Lakes National Park Superintendent. “We are honored to host Science and History Day this year and look forward to welcoming everyone to Waterton for this special learning opportunity.”

Science and History Day is an incredible way for people to learn about

the latest research directly from the scientists and historians working in and around the WatertonGlacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site. Experts will discuss their work in a non-technical style, with presentations grouped into the four themes of fire ecology and archeology, history, restoration and geology, and wildlife. Some of this year’s topics include post-wildfire tree mortality and archeological finds, the histories of Kootenai Brown’s cabins and the Many Glacier Hotel, bird productivity and survival, habituated wildlife management, grassland restoration, and geology.

“This event provides an occasion for everyone to learn from experts and researchers first-hand.

Joint research initiatives carried out in our scientific and historic community reflect our longstanding spirit of cooperation as the world's first International Peace Park,” says Jeff Mow, Glacier National

Park Superintendent.

Science and History Day provides participants with an excellent opportunity to learn about their national parks and connect with the heritage of their protected places. In keeping with the International Peace Park’s tradition of cooperation, Parks Canada and the U.S. National Park Service collaborate to present Science and History Day. Attendees are reminded that a passport is required for crossing the international border.

Science and History Day began in 2004 as a way for national park’s staff and visitors to meet and discuss with researchers their latest findings in and around the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site. This is the 15th annual Science and History Day, an international event that alternates between Glacier National Park in Montana (odd years) and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta (even years).

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - Crowsnest PAss herAlD - 3

In the lIne of fIre Between July 16 and July 23, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 55 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Three (3) assualts, one (1) fraud/forgery, two (2) threats/harassment, three (3) mischief (vandalism), two (2) theft of motor vehicle, two (2) disturbing the peace, two (2) other criminal code, three (3) other provincial statutes, five (5) motor vehicle collissions, one (1) assistance to general public, six (6) suspicious occurrences, four (4) lost found, three (3) assistance to other agencies, two (2) 911 calls (invalid) three (3) false alarms, three (3) animla calls and two (2) municipal bylaws.

Window vandals On July 17, detachment received a complaint of a broken window at a business in Lundbreck.

The incident occured sometime overnight.

Residential fire On July 18, a call came in regarding a of fire at a residence in Coleman. Police attended, along with the fire department. An investigation determined a male youth from Calgary was involved. He was arrested and charged and later released on documents for Pincher Creek court.

Hotel disturbance On July 18, police received a complaint regarding a disturbance at a hotel in Blairmore. A 38-year old intoxicated male was ar-

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

No more tax cuts I welcome reasonable taxes, but I want services and regulations in return. “No taxation without representation.” Also, no increase in tax if there is no increase in income.

My friend from Arizona works for their provincial or state government, and he is upset with the waste of taxes.

In his office, there are four workers, three who regularly take naps by the desk, play video games and text with friends, all on the taxpayer's dime. He is not highly paid, and he definitely notices the taxes taking a chunk of his income away. His two immediate supervisors are missing from work half of the time, and he is bothered by homeless people and drug addicts all around the building where he works.

Ask him about government waste, and you will get an earful. Tim is very upset about government waste. I told him that it is allowed to happen since the Arizona government is looking for reasons to privatize the services. There is no reason why the government can’t fix the problem, get more work done and save money as well as any private company could. We can demand that government will do its job without privatizing services or selling public assets.

I remember clearly how in 1998 the Alberta provincial government imploded the busiest hospital in Calgary, the General Hospital, which had a new wing under construction. The emergency departments in the other hospitals were immediately slowed down to three day waits, and private emergency clinics appeared to take care of the increased demand. (The land was sold for expensive Condo units.) The opposite also happened. Calgary, for example, hung on to its power company, Enmax, and in Calgary, I paid about half of the taxes that I pay in the Pass taking into account the size of my property and its value.

Enmax gives the City many millions of dollars of revenue as utility companies do to their owners.

I don’t know anyone who likes to pay taxes. The money we collect pays for all the essential services that we wouldn’t have without taxes. Roads, schools, hospitals, police, government, fire protection, parks, recreation, libraries, social services, consumer protections, courts, jails, street light, national defense, snow removal, environmental protection, regulated production and this is just the beginning.

There is an incentive for some to regulate others and get more for themselves. A good example was the bailouts after the last market collapse in 2008. Corporations who received tax reductions before the recession went belly up and received tax money in the form of bailouts. The money they received could have bought

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rested and taken to hospital for observation.

Charges pending for the male the from Turner Valley area.

Parked damage On July 18, the detachment received a complaint regarding the of damage to a parked vehicle on main street in Blairmore. The incident occurred sometime overnight on July 17. The damage was to a 2017 GMC truck.

Computer fraud On July 20, a complaint was made of a possible fraud on a computer.

The complainant called phone number trying to track a package. The male on the phone was able to access the person’s banking and withdrew money from the complainant’s ac-

count. The incident was also reported to a bank.

Stolen vehcile On July 20, the detachment received a complaint of a stolen vehicle, a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The incident occurred overnight from 17 Ave. in Coleman.

The vehicle was later recovered and is under investigation.

Found Property found Vtech handphone in mall parking lot in Blairmore found expedition tent 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 1-800422-TIPS.

many people homes and cars, but socialism for the rich was mandated by the Democratic government in the USA and the Conservative government in Canada. The poor lost their homes, jobs and savings, just to find themselves later employed for less pay and no benefits. We are practicing socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor and taxes are paying for it.

Now we are facing another tax revolt fueled by energy interest and capitalizing on people’s natural aversion to being taxed. Just about any person today with an elementary education can easily see that the evidence points out that the carbon pollution is threatening the world with grave danger. The whole world voted to take some steps toward reducing the danger. However, political parties managed to build a strong grassroots movements built on resentment to the Carbon Tax. It is proven to be the most effective way to reduce the carbon emissions.

Our modern economic system has been built around the use of mechanical power fueled by fossil energy, and many millions of people can trace their source of livelihood to be dependent on that form of energy. For as long as we can remember progress have been tied up to artificial power obtained by burning things that over millions of years stored the sun’s energy. We all know that an end to it must come eventually but we don’t want it to come in our lifetime. Surprisingly I feel the same way, but I must care about future generations.

I look at my surroundings. Mountains, forested hills, streams, lakes and a lot of wildlife and flowers dotting green pastures. I look at my kids, all grown up thanks to great efforts expended by me and our wonderful communities. They now have children of their own, young beautiful and innocent. I am scared that it will all go away. I notice the frequency of fires and floods increasing from year to year. I see an increase in health problems, allergies and more that need cures.

Now, this dependency on fossil energy combined with our knowledge that our tax money is often abused and misused is surfacing and threatening to hinder the tiny steps we are taking to curb the murderous pollution.

I go back to the years in which we noticed the disappearing ozone layer and the damaging acid rains. We selected governments that took action and beat both problems. Together we eliminated a lot of the damages caused by cigarette smoking and reduced danger by regulating vehicle speed, disallowing texting while driving and getting people to wear seatbelts. This generation is capable of recognizing problems and activating solutions when we want.

I am not in favor of increasing taxes to let governments waste money. I sympathize with my friend Tim. On the other hand, I want taxes to reduce costs and improve services as done with Medicare. We pay half of what the Americans do. I am angry at politicians building hate towards the Carbon Tax, (got my first rebate check lately) when they don’t propose a better system. I am against political parties hiring proven public liars and influencing us to vote against a bright and healthy future for future generations.

This is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment

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cup orzo large tomatoes cup crabmeat, picked over for pieces of cup chopped black or green olives tablespoons crumbled reduced-fat feta tablespoons chopped fresh dill teaspoons balsamic vinegar teaspoon salt teaspoon black pepper

1. Cook orzo according to package directions, omitting salt if desired. Drain and rinse under cold water; drain again.

2. Meanwhile, cut thin slice off tops of tomatoes; reserve tops. Using spoon, carefully scoop out seeds and pulp; reserve for another use.

3. Gently toss together crabmeat, olives, feta, dill, vinegar, salt, and pepper in medium bowl.

Spoon crabmeat mixture evenly into tomato shells and cover with reserved tomato tops.

Cook’s note: Scoop the seeds and pulp from the tomatoes into a storage container. Cover and freeze up to 4 months and toss them into a soup or stew.

4 – crowsnest PAss HerALD – wednesday, July 25, 2018

Editorial and Opinions cLoseD It’s no secret that the newspaper industry is in trouble. With the new age of Facebook, people have forgotten how important real news is. In general, the older generation gets the value of newspapers and real reporting. However, I wonder about the younger ones.

Sometimes it seems to me that they are willing to believe anything they read on social media. If I wrote half the things in my paper that I’ve seen on social media, I would have been sued and lost a dozen times over.

Advertising firms are now full of ‘Generation Y and Z’ employees. This is the generation of Facebook and social media. So for them, they truly believe that no one reads a newspaper and that information is gathered on the web. As a result, they spend their advertising dollars on social media sites, not print media.

As a result, newspapers are taking a huge hit. I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge Facebook’er but I move past the ads without even reading them or leaving the site period because they actually annoy me.

Also, I find that ‘Generation Z’, which my 18-year-old son is a part of, don’t actually use Facebook anymore. They are on Twitter and Snapchat.

We lost a huge car advertiser in our paper around a year ago. They chose to go the path of social media and recently, I heard they are suffering in sales. Maybe it’s the economy but maybe, just maybe, it’s because their advertising plan isn’t working.

I feel with the age of Donald Trump, people are really questioning Tweets and social media and are going back to mainstream print news to get the facts. Newspapers are the watchdog of the government. WE are the check and balance. So the long and short of this editorial is that I believe newspapers are gaining their foothold back in the information world. People have decided to not be sheep and actually educate themselves based on facts, not random posts.

When I was at our newspaper conference last June, we had a guest speaker and he made a comment that resonated with me.

He said that a community without a local newspaper is a dying community. It’s been touch-and-go here in the Crowsnest Pass for a few years with our little business but somehow, I seem to make it work.

We are closed for a week. My staff and I need a much-needed rest. I guess the news will go on, but without us at the helm. I hope it’s accurate, but if you are getting it on social media, good luck.

I hope you enjoy your week as much as I am going to enjoy it with my boys. Next issue of the Pass Herald is August 8. I’m going to enjoy my ‘Garden of Eden’.

At least that’s the way I see it.

Ls

Letters to the Editor Newspaper advertising, a saving grace for small town business Dear editor; The Pass Herald on June 27, 2018 published an article on the Open House the municipality put on in Bellevue. One part of this article was the already implemented changes to the current utilities bi-monthly invoice to that of a monthly invoice.

Our Director of Finance supplied some information about the up coming change. It was said that we currently have 3131 active utility account so which 744 are e-send.

These I will not discusss at this time but the remaining 2387 invoiced accounts I will, use only the cost of

postage and envelopes which is $0.91 per account not knowing the true cost of the invoice itself.

The previous cost ot the taxpayer was $2172.17 per bi-monthly invoice for a total yearly cost of $13,033.02. The cost of the monthly invoice has now raised this to $26,066.04.

These new costs do not include the additional manpower required to process the additional invoices, just the stamps and envelopes.

A small change to the bi-monthly allowable time for payment could have reduced the 105 days to 70 days by issuing the invoice on the 25th day of the sec-

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ond month with payment due the 10th of the third month with no need for a change.

Now the pre-authorized debit transactions which of the 2387 accounts, no information was available in the paper A good estimate of between 6 to 9% (143-214) is reasonable These accounts still receive the invoice the only difference being, it say on the invoice ...

You are on a preauthorized plan - DO NOT PAY. The monthly bank statements for pre-authorized debit user show all the deposits and withdrawals on the account, so

why the invoice?

Financially, the e-send accounts are currently at 23.8% of all accounts Hoping to push this to 50% is highly unlikely. The most recent numbers show that 27-32% of households still do not have a computer and adding the 6-9% preauthorized debit accounts leaves 35.2%. Those paying by cheque, cash or debit card are a further 2227% leaving only 8.2% available for e-send accounts. As population changes due to age, then maybe you will have 50% but it will take years and years to accomplish.

William Fizor

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Bricks - Slow down by the pool. Use your common sense and just slow the heck down.

Bricks - To the people who don’t clean up their dog poop. Come on, get your s*@t together.

Bouquets - To Keiran and Simon for doing such an amazing job at aquasize. I look forward to every lesson with either of you boys teaching the class. You are prepared and you work us hard ... and you are both easy on the eye. I also have seen you two boys do lessons, great job with those kids, it’s obvious how much fun they are having. The pool is lucky to have you both as guards.

Bricks - To the town, please, please, do some dust suppression on the ski hill. It’s awful on that hill and it’s so well utilized. It needs some TLC. Bricks - To those who complain about everything. Sick of hearing all the negative.

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Open your doors to Ghosts, Myths & Legends AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

The fun-filled weekend where we celebrate our culture and history at the Crowsnest Pass Doors Open and Heritage Festival is coming up from August 2 to 6.

Each year, the Crowsnest Heritage Initiative comes up with a theme for the festival and this year, the theme got a little bit spooky.

“This is our 13th annual [event] and being the number 13, we thought we’d do something a little different and go with the ghosts, myths and legends theme,” says Crowsnest Heritage Initiative board member Ian McKenzie.

“The Crowsnest Pass has a long, varied and quite a violent history and as a result, there are a lot of legends around the Pass.

Some are misconceptions, which are myths but there

have also been reports of a lot of spirits in the Pass.”

There truly are so many stories to be told about spirits closely tied with the history of the Pass, for example legends about the Lost Lemon mine and the story of the mysterious death of Blackjack, or what really happened when Constable Lawson was killed.

Many stories are shrouded in mystery, some tinged with falsities, others brimming with unbelievable truth. They all have one thing in common though, they’re fun to share, to spook and to speculate about.

With both free and paid events, the culture, heritage, history and legends of Crowsnest Pass can be celebrated in a bunch of ways, some fun, others educational, and some of them, even spooky.

Last year, the Crowsnest Pass Doors Open & Heritage Festival had 35 partners that produced 38 different events.

Each event recorded the attendance at their activity and in total, reached some 9,300 records.

“Bringing people into the community to enhance the economy is certainly one of the goals of the Crowsnest Heritage Initiative but we also like to celebrate history for its own sake. We like to keep alive some of the memories and remind people about some of the things that have gone on,” says McKenzie.

The launch event is a performance by the Heritage Youth Theatre Company that performed during the festival for the first time last year and was so successful, they were asked to come back for an encore.

“They will be doing

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an original performance that they created and wrote themselves,” says McKenzie. “It’s a combination of spoken word, interpretive dance and visual presentations.

They're going to do three stories based on spirits, ghosts or myths within Crowsnest Pass.”

The performance, organized and led by theatre professional Rebecca Dewey, is a free show that will take place at the MDM Community Centre.

The very popular guided bus tour is back, this year with a ghosts and myths theme where The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre’s Joey Ambrosi will host the guide through the Pass and share ghost stories along the way.

A new event this year celebrates the largest grapevine in the world, which happens to be growing right here in Crowsnest Pass at the SpringBreak Flower Farm in Hillcrest. The Wine & Dine Under the Vine event pairs fine wines from around the world with a tapas-style meal, enjoyed under the shaded canopy of the grapevine, of course.

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killed.

Uplift Adventures also has the “Race Up At Turtle Speed” hike where you get to take a look at the Frank Slide from a different vantage point – from up top.

Amid the new activities are the usual

favourites that offer something for both locals and visitors alike. There’s the Country Market in Flumerfelt Park, the Teddy Bears’ Picnic for kids at the Crowsnest Museum, the Crowsnest Show n’ Shine in Blairmore and many selfguided walking tour opportunities.

Certain events require a pre-sign up. For scheduling, information on how to participate and the opportunity to sign up, visit cnpheritagefest.ca/schedule.

The Crowsnest Heritage Initiative is also interested in hearing your ghost stories! If you have encountered a mysterious or spooky experience and would like to share it, send an email to info@crowsnestheritage.c a.

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8 – CrowSneSt PaSS HeraLD – Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Students learn about road ecology AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

A group of eight international students and two instructors spent six weeks backpacking through the Crown of the Continent to study conservation issues and Crowsnest Pass was one stop along their way through the Canadian Rockies.

The program, through the Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI) in the State of Montana, teaches students about conservation at a regional scale through a series of backcountry trips and frontcountry meetings that connect them with conservation leaders.

“Conserving these critical wildlife habitats while making room for expanding human development is a tremendous and complex challenge. We will examine this challenge through the lenses of geography, conservation biology, community-based conservation, regional environmental policy, and traditional ecological knowledge,” says the course syllabus. “Our backpacking trips will take us through core habitat areas where we will learn about local natural history, population biology, and disturbance ecology. Our frontcountry travels will take us to ‘fracture zones' – places where transportation routes and extractive industry limit wildlife movements.”

Over the six to eight-week period, the students embark on an intensive backpacking trip studying and learning about a variety of ecological issues, from archeologically important areas, mining areas, sensitive First Nations lands and places with significant ecological issues.

In Crowsnest Pass, the focus was on road ecology.

The students’ trip in the Pass was facilitated by the Miistakis Institute and guided by Rob Schaufele, project manager for Collision Count and Road Watch in the Pass, two local programs that monitor and record animal activity and death along Highway 3. Schaufele and his wife, Loretta, have been hosting students in the WRFI program for the past five years and teach them about road ecology, particularly as demonstrated by the Road Watch in the Pass and Collision Count programs.

“Road ecology is the study of how roads interact with the environment, human populations and wildlife. This group didn’t really know very much about road ecology, which was great for us,” says Schaufele, who spent July 9 and 10 with the group. “We took them to Rock Creek and did a Collision Count hike. Then we went to Emerald Lake and looked at the new wildlife fencing and showed them the wildlife crossing under the bridge.”

The intent was to teach the students about road ecology mitigation and more broadly, how citizen science helps in the Road Watch in the Pass and Collision Count efforts.

"We talk about road ecology and the work we have done with Road Watch in the Pass and Collision Count as grass roots citizen science projects within our community,” says Schaufele. “We try to stress how we as Road Watch in the Pass and Collision Count keeps the community involved and how it's so important to have community support to try to get what we are trying to do.

Through citizen science, we can do that. In order to have wildlife mitigation be constructive, it’s really important that Alberta Transportation knows that our local community supports these initiatives.”

Many of the students have never even been to Canada, so their studies were more than just about learning about ecology and conservation, but also had exposure to the culture, politics and environment of a different country.

Breanne Paddock is a 20-year-old conservation biology student in her third year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She participated in the WRFI program.

In a phone interview from Cranbrook, BC, the region where the students were studying at the time, Paddock said the entire experience was “awesome.”

“I have no background in road ecology so I had no idea what to expect,” says Paddock. “One of the big takeaways that I learned is that our human infrastructure is a barrier for animals and it separates habitats, so it’s really important for biodiversity’s sake to build these overpasses and underpasses and connect corridors so that we don’t have to see all this roadkill on the side of the road and lose wildlife because of it.”

The students began the program in the Flathead County and Bob Marshall Wilderness area, coming up through the Waterton Lakes National Park and the new Castle Parks. The day before they arrived in Crowsnest Pass, they visited the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and then headed west to the Kootenays in British Columbia and completed their backpacking in Invermere.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - CrowSneST PaSS HeraLD - 9

The new soap shop that’s both fugly and fabulous AnnA KroupinA Pass Herald Reporter

The soap itself may be “fugly”, but founder of the Fugly Soap Factory Cori MacGregor promises your skin will be anything but fugly after you use it.

That’s because MacGregor’s line of “fugly” soaps, bath bombs and shower fizzies are all handmade with organic, natural ingredients that are free of preservatives, colorants and artificial scents.

MacGregor was inspired to start an all-natural soap company because her husband and daughter are both extremely allergic to many synthetic ingredients, often getting rashes or cracks on their skin from using hygiene products with preservatives or colorants.

“My husband and my daughter are both extremely allergic to everything that we ever tried to buy. It would always have something in it that they were sensitive or al-

lergic to like a colourant or preservatives or some sort of chemical that would make them crack, bleed, break out,” says MacGregor. “My husband works at the coal mine and he would have to really scrub to get all the coal off and his skin would just be raw. My daughter, even when she was born, you couldn’t put a baby wipe on her.”

To create a natural, organic alternative for her family to use, MacGregor started dabbling in soap making, eventually taking a course to help her learn about the process.

She even consulted with her son Cole, who has a degree in chemistry from the University of Calgary and helped her pair ingredients and ration proportions.

Following much trial and error, she finally developed her own unique formula for making soap and after several years of making small batches of soaps for her family and friends, MacGregor took her passion and business

to a bigger scale when she launched The Fugly Soap Factory at the beginning of June.

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~Council GPC updates~

Highway 3X, Snowmobile event, GPS trackers, Devon land Highway 3X Council discussed their preferred options for Highway 3X based on the recommended routes for stage 1B and 2 presented

by ISL Engineering at an open house in June 2018.

Stage 1B covers east of Blairmore to east of Hillcrest and Stage 2 covers east of Hillcrest to Pincher Station.

For the Frank and Bellevue/Hillcrest section, Council endorsed option F3, with several remarks. Option F3 is the only route that has a continuous local road network connecting Coleman to Hillcrest.

Under options F2 and 3, access into Frank for eastbound traffic could only occur from 20 Avenue through Blairmore or doubling back from the interchange at Hillcrest via service roads.

Although Mayor Blair Painter also preferred option F3 and noted the importance of having the commuter road going all the way through Crowsnest Pass, he was concerned that this will increase traffic

through 21 Avenue in Frank, a road that is not properly built to accommodate heavy traffic or wide vehicles like RVs. “We’re going to have considerable increased amount of traffic going right through a res area which we are trying to eliminate but now, we're putting commuter traffic, mind you at a slower speed, right through a residential area,” said Mayor Painter.

To remediate this concern, he highlighted the need to negotiate with Canadian Pacific Railway to use the existing highway as a commuter road and have Highway 3X run south of the railway tracks.

Councillor Dean Ward said that he was “really torn” between having a continuous commuter route throughout the community, yet recognizing that this would increase traffic through Frank.

“I understand the problems with Frank, but the rest of it offers us so much more for commuters in this commu-

nity,” he said. “I like to have a road that could connect our community for emergency services, allow local traffic to move around more freely and [act as] a detour road in case something happens.”

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Patrick Thomas noted that Council may request upgrades as part of their submission, such as upgrading 21 Avenue to a more substantial commuter road if that is the route that is chosen.

Mayor Painter also noted that it is “imperative” to have a diamond intersection rather than flyover to facilitate entry to the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre and added that keeping the current highway as the commuter route would encourage visitation to the centre.

“The Interpretive Centre is a very important part of our community and to think that tourists are going to drive past it, drive another 5 km and come back again… It’s not going to happen. So it’s really important that we have this commuter

For example, the Rosemary Mint soap has rosemary, peppermint, spearmint and eucalyptus essential oils, helping you get going in the mornings or clearing sinuses if you have a cold.

Or there’s the signature Sinistra Scent, which MacGregor made especially for the Sinistra Salon. It has ylang-ylang, benzoin, sweet almond oil, vanilla, and japser which is a mineral used, in holistic healing and has been used to align the chakras.

And if you’re still not sure what “fugly” means, maybe her menopausal soap will give you a better hint. Intended to battle the effects of menopausal symptoms, F-Off Menopause! is infused with four aromatherapeutic oils that are said to diminish hot flashes and mood swings.

MacGregor also created custom scents. With 3.5 acres in her backyard to grow all types of herbs and flowers, the possibilities are endless.

Fugly has a “soap of the month” changing regularly, with July’s choice being the “Sweet, Spicy, Sexy” with notes of black pepper and cedarwood that give it a tinge of sensuality.

“There's something for everybody,” she says.

“Our soap isn’t pretty, it’s fugly, but it’s 100 percent natural. All those pretty soaps that are out there like cupcakes and pieces of pie, it’s all artificial flavouring and artificial colours. There’s so much crap in there that your skin doesn’t need. My soap isn’t pretty, but it works and there’s no crap in it.”

Playing around with ingredients, scents, textures and colours allows MacGregor to get creative with making soap, almost like an art form. And, like any art form, soap making is a slow and gradual process.

It takes MacGregor six weeks to make a bar of soap. First, she double filters the beeswax, which takes about 48 hours to

do, then mixes together all the hot ingredients in a big melting pot. This includes ingredients like palm oil, virgin coconut oil and canola oil. Then, she adds in the cold ingredients - the goat’s milk, well-filtered water, the essential oils, and flowers and herbs.

Once it’s all well mixed – and there’s a lot of mixing involved – she pours the soap into molds, lets them set for 48 hours, and then cure for six weeks. If the soaps aren’t cured for enough time, they won’t be solid enough and will quickly turn to mush.

MacGregor launched Fugly products at the beginning of June at Sinistra Salon in Blairmore and, as of July 16, Fugly products are also available at Copy Magic in Blairmore.

Both retailers carry a completely different stock of products.

V i s i t www.fuglysoapfactory.co m for a complete list of products, where you can also make online pur-

road and that the highway moves a bit south to allow for the existing Highway 3 to become our commuter route,” he said.

Council had no strong recommendations for Stage 2, as it falls outside of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, although they highlighted the importance of maintaining access to the Crowsnest Pass/Pincher Creek Landfill at Highway 22 and Lundbreck.

Administration will draft a letter outlining Council’s concerns and feedback for Alberta Transportation.

According to O’Brien, the hill would not sustain any damage and would be groomed to standards in time for the next opening day for regular ski and snowboard operations.

According to Barber’s presentation, the gas plant was built in 1961 and Devon took ownership in 2001. The company ceased operations in 2012 because of the of the facility and the dropping cost of natural gas prices.

In 2014, Devon started to take down the surface infrastructure, including a memorable moment in September 2014 when the smoke stack was taken down. In 2015, removal started on the below ground infrastructure.

Devon is still working on decommissioning the facility and is conducting several monitoring programs, including soil and groundwater remediation work. In 2019, the company hopes to decommission the 64km pipeline running from the Coleman plant to the Savanna Creek. Remediation efforts are expected to continue until 2027.

Although Barber says the company has received interest from several parties about the property, they have made no decision on what they will do with the property at this time. She added that Council’s input would be sought at such a time that they are ready to make a decision on the property.

Snowmobile Hill Climb event at PPK Council accepted an offer for a hill climb event proposed by the CrowSnow Riders snowmobile club and the Western Canadian Hillcross Association (WHCA) for December 8 and 9 at the Pass Powderkeg Ski Area (PPK).

According to Joey O’Brien, Manager of Community Services with the municipality, the economic impact would be “pretty extraordinary” for PPK and the community in general.

Skier access to PPK would be blocked out for that weekend to allow for the event to take place.

GPS tracking for municipal fleet Council has approved the installation of a GPS tracking system on all municipal vehicles, funded from reserves. According to Thomas, benefits include employee efficiency, driver safety, accident reduction, route optimization, monitoring idling and tracking snow removal progress. The municipality would also have a better method of tracking stolen vehicles and aggressive driving.

“It’s a good initiative, looking at it from the safety aspect and just keeping up with the times. We need to be able to manage our equipment properly,” said Mayor Painter.

The total cost implication is approximately $20,000 per year, depending on the type of contract option selected.

Devon update Council heard a delegation from Nadine Barber concerning the Devon gas plant west of Coleman.

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Applications are now being accepted for a Part-Time Temporary (4 hours per day, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm) Housekeeper at Crowsnest Consolidate High School located in Coleman, AB. This position will commence on August 27, 2018 and end on June 28, 2019.

For further information contact Mr. Mike Cahoon, Assistant Facilities Coordinator, at (403) 625-3356.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those who will be interviewed will be contacted. Candidates are requested to apply online at http://www.lrsd.ca/Careers.php through applytoeducation.com. This competition will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. Further documentation may be requested at a later date.

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