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A rather fashionable tea party
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Pristine white decorations, immaculate elegance and glitter and sparkle all contributed to the angelic atmosphere of this year’s “Angels, a heavenly touch” theme for the 6th annual Tea and Fashion Show on Sunday, November 18 at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Hall. The fashion show featured items from Nygård International and were presented by independent stylist Robin Reiter from Iron Springs, Alberta, who has a home-based business with Nygård fashions. Local ladies did a fabulous job modeling the clothing line. Pictured above is Tracey Linderman showing off a cardigan. The event, now in its sixth year, was catered by Country Encounters with additional delicacies provided by Crowsnest Coffee and IGA. All proceeds from the event will help fund future hall improvements, enhancing the venue for functions for both the parish and the community. “It is always a good day to showcase our beautiful hall and although it is a great deal of work to pull off, it is always worth it. I think ladies enjoy an afternoon out with friends and family. It is also a great way to get people in the mood for Christmas when you have beautiful decorations and good food to enjoy. We are very grateful to all who attended,” says event organizer Pat Rypien.
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2018 Annual General Meeting & Social Evening Wednesday, November 28th Light Supper 6 PM • Meeting 7 - 9 PM Country Encounters 7701 – 17th Ave. Coleman • Presentations under the theme Localizing Environmental Solutions • Program updates • Election of Board of Directors EvEryonE WELCoME For more information: call 403.564.4642, email office@crowsnestconservation.ca; or visit www.crowsnestconservation.ca
Some of the young skaters with the Crowsnest Skating Club enjoy a hot chocolate after helping with the club’s bottle drive on Saturday, November 17, with the massive heap generous donations from the community poking out from behind. The bottle drive goes towards the Crowsnest Skating Club’s ice time, annual Carnival (March 17, 2019) and coaching expenses. Last weekend, club members collected empty cans and bottles in Hillcrest, Bellevue and Frank. The bottle drive resumes next Saturday, November 24 in Blairmore and Coleman. Drop offs are welcome at 12105 20 Avenue Blairmore in the back alley until November 25.
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Council considers TNR program ANNA KroupiNA Pass Herald Reporter
For the first time, Council is considering to take meaningful action to alleviate the feral cat problem in Crowsnest Pass. Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) members Deanna Thompson, Executive Director, Kelsey Scoular, Cat Program Manager and Tracey Mahdi, TNR Coordinator appeared as a delegation before Council to present on community cat management and the possibility of partnering with AARCS to execute a TNR (trap-neuter-return) program in the Pass. AARCS is a non-profit animal rescue organization. The first step of a
morial Christmas Mem Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 3:00 pm Fantin’s Funeral Chapel (13461-20th Ave)
Fantin’s Funeral Chapel will be hosting a Christmas Memorial Service on December 2nd, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. to celebrate and light a candle in remembrance of your loved one. The Christmas season is a very difficult time of the year for those who have lost someone special and gathering with others in similar circumstances can provide comfort. We sincerely hope that you can join us for this interdenominational occasion of prayers, hymns and words of comfort from members of the Crowsnest Pass clergy, counselors and special guests. Refreshments will be provided. There is no fee and all are welcome. Respectfully, Darrell M. Sydora Manager, Fantin’s Funeral Chapel (A Division of 1323095 Alberta Ltd.)
TNR program is performing a case study to determine the colony size in Crowsnest Pass. This involves speaking with residents, figuring out where the cats are going to and coming from, then coordinating volunteers to trap the cats. Traps are put out for a temporary period of time and are always monitored. Trapped cats are then transported to AARCS’ on-site veterinary hospital in Calgary, where they undergo spaying/neutering, vaccinations, relevant medical intervention, deworming and ear tattoos or clips. Once all necessary procedures have been completed and the cat has had post-operative care to recover, it is released back to where it was trapped. Once all located cats have undergone treatment, AARCS works with the community to set up a feeding area manned by volunteers. Cats become accustomed to only frequenting the designated food area, thereby no longer disturbing residents, says Thompson. Volunteers would also be responsible for monitoring the population and remaining in contact with AARCS to arrange for new cats to be brought in when needed. Cats in medical distress or with medical issues are euthanized or rehabilitated and put into cat programs. AARCS also keeps and rehomes kittens. The cost for the TNR program is $90 for male
cats and $150 for females, with a $50 surcharge for pregnant cats. Every step of the program - from the case study to the point of release and setting up a feeding are - is included in this price. AARCS was unable to provide an estimate as to how much this would cost in Crowsnest Pass as the quantity of feral cats is unknown. AARCS recommended investing in the program for a minimum of three years to make a visible dent in the cat population. The program bears the highest cost in the first year and subsequently drops in each following year as the cat population decreases by natural attrition. Councillor Dean Ward asked why eradication is ineffective. According to Thompson, colonies are tight-knit cat communities that keep other cats out. With eradication, “you’re going to find more cats just move in. You might see solution just for a while, but you're just making room for more cats to come in,” she said, adding that it’s also easier to get buy-in from the community as opposed to euthanizing them. Community education is key to having a program like this succeed. Cat owners need to get their domestic pets spayed and neutered, or it runs the risk of quickly falling into the same predicament. "These cats didn't
come down from the wild or the mountains and invade your town. They came from people who let their cats outside that had kittens and started the population. So it's really important to our team that the community is educated regarding spaying and neutering their own pets and the bylaws that you have regarding freeroaming cats," said Thompson. “While we're here, we do our best to educate the community while we're out in the neighbourhoods with traps, but education is something that needs to be long term.” AARCS pointed to the community of Bassano, which implemented an AARCS TNR program several years ago, as an Alberta success story. Fifty-six cats were trapped in the first year of AARCS running their TNR program. The second year, they captured 12 and the third year, only 6. The Town of Bassano continues to implement a strong focus on public education, which aids in their low feral cat numbers. Councillor Dean Ward had requested more detailed information on AARCS success stories. Council will be further discussing and voting on whether to include the AARCS TNR program in the 2019 budget. If approved, the program would not begin until springtime, as TNR is not conducted in the cold months.
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In the lIne of fIre Between November 12 and 18, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 50 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Four (4) assaults, two (2) fraud/forgery, two (2) threats/harassment, five (5) mischief (vandalism), one (1) disturbing the peace, two (2) other criminal code, two (2) other provincial statutes, seven (7) driving complaints, ten (1) motor vehicle collisions, six (6) assistance to general Public, two (2) suspicious occurrences, two (2) lost/found, three (3) assistance to other agencies, one (1) invalid 911 call and one (1) animal call. Slashed tires On November
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slashed tired on two vehicles were reported. The incident occurred some time overnight on 22 Avenue in Coleman. On November 14, slashed tires on vehicles parked on 223 streets in Blairmore were reported. On November 15, slashed tires on a vehicle parked on 17 Avenue in west Coleman were reported. Smashed windshield On November 13, the windshield on a Volkswagen Jetta parked on 17 Avenue in Blairmore was reported smashed. The incident occurred some time overnight. Outstanding warrants On November 17, a suspicious male was reported in Coleman. Police
The Simple Raven’s Post by Avner Perl
Do we live in a world, or in our thoughts? If you live in a Christian environment, you are familiar with the saying, “lead us not into temptation.” It is in The Lord’s Prayer. Temptation often refers to thinking the wrong thoughts. Thoughts lead to action, and action leads to real physical consequences. Before any accident happens, there is a period in which thoughts rule and later become actions that will cause the accident. Let me demonstrate. I was being driven by an older relative on a dark highway. He was very sensitive to opposing traffic drivers forgetting to dim their headlights and blurring his vision. His solution to the problem was to do the same to them and switch his high beams on to blind them back, a solution that I considered dangerous, but I didn’t have a driver’s license yet. The temptation was to “get” the other guys and teach them a lesson, but he didn’t consider that two blinded drivers heading towards each other at high speed may not survive the consequences regardless of who is right and who is wrong. His thought process was faulty and the action he took cost him dearly. That night we came so close to an oncoming vehicle that both side mirrors touched, and both vehicles were damaged. It could have been much worst. My driver should have considered everyone’s safety to be a higher priority than revenge. However, the temptation of revenge was greater than the rational reasoning that should have been used. He didn’t realize that most of our life is spent in our minds and action is the result of what is happening in the mind. He didn’t realize that thoughts can be replaced with other thoughts and dictate a more beneficial course of action. If we want something to change, we must change it by changing ourselves, by changing our thoughts. We have records of philosophical writings from the pre-Christian era, both from western teachings and the far orient, indicating that humans discovered this concept many thousands of years ago. They were different creatures than we. We are the first humans in history who simply don’t have time to think. A hundred years ago most people didn’t have electricity and all the conveniences and distraction it provides. No TV, efficient indoor lighting, recorded music, electric motors, pumped water, and very few radios to name but a few. Compare us to the people who fought the first World War. They lived life without any electronic devices or engines that did their work. Their world was darker and slower than ours, but they had most of
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attended and located the 51-year-old male, who had outstanding warrants from Calgary Police. A Justice Interim Hearing was held and he was remanded in custody for court in Calgary. Road rage On November 18, assault resulting from a road rage incident on Highway 22 was reported. Both vehicles stopped when the assault occurred. No charges were laid. Lost/found items An iPhone/camera was found in Blairmore. A Dodge key was found in Blairmore. On November 13, a bike was reported found by the 7-11 in Coleman. The bike had been left there for about two weeks.
Anyone missing a bike can contact the municipal bylaw officer. A kid’s bike was also found by the river in Blairmore. Scams Reminder to residents of computer scams, credit cards scams, Grandparent scams, Revenue Canada scams asking for money or cash cards and saying warrants out for arrest. Do not give out personal information to persons you don't know. Do not open emails if you are suspicious of their origin. Anyone with information regarding any crime is urged to contact the Crowsnest Pass RCMP Detachment at 403-5622867, or Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1800-422-TIPS.
their time available for thinking. Most of their communications were from person to person. It took them a long time to get places, time that they spent thinking. They were humans like us, but different altogether. If you or I enter a conversation with a person who just arrived from a primitive country we clearly notice the difference. Now we are plugged in as you well know. My grandkids come home from school with earbuds on. They take it off to go on the computer. One of them installs a Virtual Reality goggles on his head and starts moving obliviously to the world around him. Their parents who used to watch TV that shaped their thoughts ruin their own lives by borrowing and chasing consumer goods and vacations, never having time to think. People from our not so distant past lived in their thoughts, often imagining that the earth was flat, that God is a wise old bearded man who does magic and that people with large heads are smarter than those with smaller skulls, and we are the same. Millions of us believe theories that are published on social media or TV, often without a shred of evidence. We live and die in our thoughts, not realizing that there is a lot more that we don’t know than what we do. We must learn to trust the force that brought us here and realize the importance of “balance.” Teach a child how to ride a bike. You tell them to go fast and look ahead to where they want to be. At some point you let go and scream, go, go, go, and they do. Once they learn to keep their balance, they can do it again and again. Something has changed in their mind allowing them to go without fear and they have a lifetime of enjoyment riding very fast or often very complicated trails. It is all in the mind and the physical part obeys the mind. The mind obeys what the person believes, not just say they believe, but really do. When you ride a bike you eventually arrive at some point where there are things on both sides of the trail and you must go in between them. Happens to all of us. If you keep your gaze on the obstacles, you probably noticed you will run into one or the other. If you notice where you must go and keep your eyes ahead, you will sail right between them. You know that, but you refuse to do it with the important decisions in life. Why? If a human knows that they are in the right, without a doubt, they should trust the force which tells the mind what to do and confidently go. If they feel that they are wrong, they should re-evaluate, make the change in the thoughts and go. Go without fear and keep pedaling. The one who directs thoughts will take over and get you to where you should be. If you are going without selfish temptations, without manufactured fears, and forget the commercials that lead you astray, you will get to the destination. It’s in the Book. Here is a link to my blog: thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca. Feel free to check other articles and comment.
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