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On December 29, 2018 a wind warning was issued for the Crowsnest Pass as well as the southwest corner of the province A grass fire north of Cowley and along Highway-22, caused fire crews to try to supress the blaze that was spread by sustained wind speeds over 100-kmph. Motorists reported car damage driving through gravel being blown by the wind. Vehicles in Bellevue reported their car windows being blow out during the gusts. Wind speed signs recorded peak bursts of 167, 181 and 187 -- before the wind sign just west of the Hwy 22 turnoff broke under the strain.
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“The Wind She Blew Some” John Kinnear Feature Writer
The headline comes from the Blairmore Times, Sept 23 1905. The following is a selection of the very many articles on wind that have appeared in Pass newspapers between 1905 and 1957, compiled by Ian McKenzie for the August 2011 edition of the Crowsnest Heritage Initiative Newsletter. Blairmore Times, Sept 2 1905 - Monday morning while Mark Drumm, editor of the Frank Paper, was sitting at his desk a gust of wind smashed the window hurling the fragments in his face. Mark had a tooth knocked out and received some severe cuts that required several stitches at the hands of Dr. Malcolmson. Blairmore Times, Sept 23 1905 - Taking advantage of no one being there to blow back, both the mine and smelter management being absent, the wind played tag with things around Frank last Wednesday. While ordinarily the wind only blows a gale at Frank, on Wednesday it gave them an imitation of a cyclone ripped up sidewalks, broke windows and walked off with everything not nailed down. Frank Paper, Sept 28 1905 - A.W. Ponton, D.L.S., who is conducting surveying operations for the provincial government in this district is not at all favorably impressed with the murmuring breezes that occasionally spring up in the pass and he has a very good reason for it. One of them was unkind enough to wreck his camp a few days ago and in doing so used Mr. Ponton anything but gently... He was camped on the hill above the slide on one of those days that the wind played such pranks and was lying down by the stove in the main tent when one of the gusts hit camp. The other men in camp heard what was
coming and got outside but Mr. Ponton who does not hear well, knew nothing except that the canvas was flapping harder than usual. That did not disturb him however and he laid still. Presently the tent went in the air like a balloon, the stove was knocked over onto Mr. Ponton who was severely burned and considerably bruised by being hit by falling missiles. As to the camp, it was scattered broadcast and now Mr. Ponton declares he is going to provide himself one of the armored cars the British used in South Africa and mount it on wagon wheels as a place to live in when he comes this way surveying again. Frank Paper, Jan 11 1906 - Not since the celebrated incident of four years ago, when a twentyfour foot plank was driven through the side of Rondoni’s house has the wind blown in Frank as it did Monday morning for a couple of hours… D.E. Barry was assisting Henry Brouillette to unload a car of furniture for Alex. Goyette and was riding on a load of mattresses when a gust picked up man and the mattress he was sitting on and lifted both bodily off the wagon. Then it turned him over and he lighted on the ground with the mattress on top instead of under him… Mr. Chambers of the Sanitarium was blown down in the street and sustained some painful bruises. A woman crossing Dominion Avenue was blown off her feet and before she could gather herself together or assistance could reach her she rolled clear across the street. …the people generally feel they could very well afford to dispense with such extremely ardent caresses from the Chinook zephyrs. Frank Paper, December 26 1907 - The wind made a new record for itself Monday evening. Old
timers say it was the hardest blow the town has ever known… A section of the roof of the coal company’s power house at the shaft was blown off, part of the wall of one of the new brick buildings being built by the cement company at Blairmore blew down, a few telephone poles were tipped over and a number of windows broken. Coleman Miner, Nov 6 1908 - The Union hotel had several windows blown in and a part of their metallic roofing carried away, 41 Meat Market had their large windows and doors blown in as well as the west and front end of the roof loosened from the building, P. Burns and Co. lost a few windows, a large piece of the C.A.C & Co. tipple roof was torn off and carried over the tracks, telephone poles were snapped off and that portion of the sidewalk between Dominion Avenue and the C.P.R. station was completely taken away and distributed in various parts of the town. The Geo. Cobley Co. suffered a heavy loss in the destruction of two large plate glass windows as well as having considerable damage done to goods which were on show in their windows. There was a continual procession of tin cans, stove pipes, rocks and boards travelling down main and other streets for several hours. Luckily no one was on the streets at that time of the night or we might have been called upon to report more serious accidents in the way of loss of life. Frank is certainly unlucky. Blairmore Enterprise, May 9 1912 - What might have proved a serious accident occurred to Edward Christie, on Tuesday, at Bellevue. Mr. Christie was standing on a ladder, working on the side of a house he was building, when a whirlwind from the opposite direction lifted the house and carried it towards him. He
was thrown back against a barbed wire fence but escaped injuries. The building moved nearly four feet. Blairmore Enterprise, Nov 22 1912 - The high wind of Sunday played havoc with property in town and hardly a building on Main Street escaped without some damage. In some parts of the town buildings were upturned and in one case a two-flat shed about 8x20 was lifted bodily and lodged on its side about twenty-five feet away and on an elevation two feet above its original position. Had not another building obstructed its course, in all likelihood the Buzzaks of Burmis would have had to solve the mystery of how the building was conveyed to that town. Blairmore Enterprise, June 26 1914 - A severe wind storm visited this burg on Monday last, and in its course took off the roof of the Union hotel, which at that time was standing near the C.P.R. track on its way to its new site. During the flight the telegraph wires of the C.P.R. and the town electric wires were broken, and the roof was taken clean off the waiting room of the station. Several electric poles were blown down and nearly all phones in town were temporarily incommissioned. Blairmore Enterprise, Oct 5 1917 - Considerable damage was done by the high winds of Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The tower of the [Frank] fire hall was blown over and poles and transformers of the Company light power line were blown to the ground, and as a consequence the mine was idle on Wednesday. Blairmore Enterprise, May 3 1918 - The old Catholic church in Frank was blown down by the high wind tonight. No blame is attached to German agents. Blairmore Enterprise, Jan 3 1920 - In the height of a windstorm the other day,
a freight car standing on a siding near Hillcrest was blown from its trucks, while another nearby was bereft of its roof. Blairmore Enterprise Dec 6 1923 - The heavy windstorm of Tuesday did considerable damage to buildings at Frank and Bellevue, as well as putting the telephone and electric light lines somewhat out of commission. At Bellevue fences were lifted out of frozen ground and thrown up against buildings and large numbers of windows were bereft of their glass. Some residents of Frank were obliged to leave their homes and seek shelter in the more substantial structures. Autos suffered considerably, many losing their tops. At Hillcrest, a building that was being moved to a new location was taken by a gust of wind and carried too far, and an onlooker asked the contractor if “his bus would likely stop at Passburg?” Blairmore Enterprise, Feb 22 1923 - “Why, man, what are you talking about? We have the wind so bad at Bellevue at times that it blows the roof off the picture theatre. Ask Bill Cole. Whew.” “That’s nothing. Now, look here. We have had it so bad in Hillcrest that it once blew a ten-dollar bill out of a Scotchman’s hand.” Blairmore Enterprise, Nov 16 1933 - Considerable of the lumber placed on the ground near the east side of the Slide, for the new camp to be erected there, was reduced to matchwood by a wind of cyclonic proportions that hit the spot on Friday evening last. Boards and sidewalls were carried for hundreds of yards, some a distance of a quarter of a mile. The same gust of wind lifted a garage from its foundation near Maple Leaf, lodging it against the roof of a nearby house. Blairmore Enterprise, June 6 1935 - People of Frank desire through The Enterprise to sincerely
thank the Town of Blairmore for a very generous supply of garden dirt wafted to them from Blairmore’s parks, etc., on Friday last by a west wind. They state that they would rather the Coleman soil as it is such a different color. Blairmore Enterprise, Aug 1 1935 - The wind was so strong in the Gap on Sunday that a four-pound rainbow trout was blown out of an eight-inch frypan. Blairmore Enterprise, Oct 20 1939 - Last Saturday a terrific wind blew the roof off of G.E. Cruickshank’s garage. The wind whipped the roof onto the top of Mr. Emery’s house with great damage. Then parts of the Emery house speeded on and just missed the top of J. Mackie’s house, but carrying away the chimney, which protruded above the roof line. Several radio poles and windows were broken and the town was in darkness for several hours, as mine employees strove to repair broken electricity lines. Coleman Journal, Dec 11 1957 - Hurricane force winds with gusts up to 100 miles an hour hit the Pass on Sunday causing heavy damage. Bellevue suffered the most damage with roofs blown off, windows broken, power lines knocked down and chimneys toppled. Power lines broken down caused a complete blackout of the Pass for over 25 minutes. Mr. Joe Shevels of Bellevue was lifted by the wind and carried across the highway, he suffered a broken jaw. In Coleman roof shingles were blown off, power lines and telephone wires were broken causing the town to be cut off from outside communication. The large smoke stack at the international mine is leaning at a 45 degree angle. Windows were cracked by flying rocks. Many old timers stated that they had seen heavy winds but none as strong or as damaging as on Sunday evening.
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A semi blow over on Hwy 3 after 181 km winds were clocked on December 29, 2018
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - Crowsnest PAss herALD - 3
In the LIne of fIre Between December 17 and January 1, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 103 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Six (6) assaults, three (3) break and enter (residential), two (2) mischief (vandalism), two (2), theft of motor vehicle, 5 (five) thefts, four (4) impaired driving, 1 (one) disturbing the peace, one (1) other criminal code, nine (9) other provincial statues, fifteen (15) driving complaints, fourteen (14) motor vehicle collisions, seventeen (17) assistance to general public, nine (9) suspicious occurrences, three (3) lost and found, three (3) assistance to other agencies, four (4) 911 calls (invalid), one (1) false alarm, four (4) municipal bylaws. Wallet theft On December 19, 2018, a Fernie resident reported a lost wallet somewhere in Blairmore. The incident occurred sometime over the weekend. Bar fight On December 20, 2018, police came upon a fight outside a bar in Blairmore. A 29 year-old male was arrested and charged with assault and released on documents for Pincher Creek court.
Erractic driving On December 21, 2018, at approximately 4:30 p.m., police received a complaint regarding an erratic driver in Blairmore. The vehicle was located and a 58 year-old driver provided samples of breath which were over the legal limit. The man was arrested and charged with impaired care and control. He was released on documents for Pincher Creek court. Traffic stop On December 29, 2018, at approximately 2:20 a.m., a vehicle was stopped at a traffic stop in Blairmore. The driver showed signs of impairment. A 40 year-old male provided samples of breath over the legal limit. He was arrested and charged with impaired driving. He was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court. Lost roof rack On December 29, 2018, a Red Deer resident reported a lost roof rack with four pairs of skis and a pair of skates somewhere on Highway 22 between Nanton and Lundbreck. Traffic stop On December 30, 2018, at approximately 2:20 a.m., a vehicle was detained at a traffic stop.
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The driver showed signs of impairment. A 19 yearold female provided two samples of breath over the legal limit and was arrested and charged with impaired driving. The woman was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court. Theft of wallet On December 31, 2018, police received a complaint of theft of a wallet from 1997 GMC van parked at a gas station in Coleman. The incident ccurred sometime during the day Traffic stop On January 1, 2019, at approximately 3:00 a.m., a vehicle was stopped when the driver showed signs of impairment. A 44 year-old male was arrested and charged with impaired driving. He was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court. Court News On December 10, 2018, in Lethbridge Court, a 35 year-old male from Lethbridge was sentenced to 21 days in gaol for theft from a gas station in Lundbreck. On December 17, in Lethbridge Court, a 23 year-old male from Lethbridge received two years gaol for robbery at a gas station in Blairmore. The
incident occurred on December 4th. Crime mapping Crime mapping is available online to residents who are interested in viewing property crimes that occurred within the past two weeks in our area. For more information on crime mapping, see the October 3 issue of the Pass Herald. Found property found iphone/camera in Blairmore found bikes turned into Municipal Bylaw 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 403-562-2867, or Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800-422TIPS.
Crowsnest Pass Community Library ~ A Year in Review ~
Michael J. leeb Feature Writer
The past year of 2018 witnessed many new developments at the Crowsnest Community Library. Several new programs were initiated such as “escape rooms” events that the Amazing Teen Race participants took part in that require the solving of puzzles as a challenge or requirement to leave or escape from a room; and board games held at the library that are also available for library loan. There were also several new capital investments at the library with the purchase of 3 new computers to replace older aging computers, and a new projector. New linoleum was installed in the main level bathrooms; new toilets for the washrooms in the basement; and a new water fountain (drinking station) on the main level. These capital improvements were made possible since the Library was under-budget for 2018. The Library was also able
to purchase new tables and chairs for the common area in the lower level made possible with a grant from the Community Foundation of Lethbridge & Southwestern Alberta ($1000) and a donation of $500 from the local nonprofit, Friends of the Library. The Board of the Crowsnest Community Library also completed a new Plan of Service that will take effect for the 2019-2024 term. Looking ahead to this year of 2019, the Library hopes to replace the carpeting both upstairs and on the lower level with a new capital investment grant from the Crowsnest Municipality in the sum of $22, 000. 2019 is the first year that the municipality has provided the Library with a capital grant in addition to the grant for operating expenses ($125, 000). The operating budget will remain the same for 2019 as it was in 2018. With this new capital investment the Library will be able to renovate
and improve the Library building with much needed renovations. It should be noted that the Monday closure at the Library implemented in February of 2018 has reduced the Library’s hours of opening by approximately 9 hours per week on average. These reduced hours will remain in effect for the 2019 budget year. Librarian Diane DeLauw also noted that the Library will apply again this year for a Canada Summer Jobs grant, and that this program has recently been modified by the federal government. New eligibility requirements will allow anyone from the age of 15-30 years of age to apply for summer employment, and is therefore no longer restricted to only student employment. The attestation agreement has also been changed for 2019, with some previously controversial provisions regarding reproductive rights being eliminated. The following are
some interesting statistics for 2017-2018: Library Membership has increased from 1803 (2017) to 2164 (2018) Library hours decreased from 2578 (2017) to 2261 (2018) Daily Walk-in clients decreased slightly from 19,150 (2017) to 18,616 (2018) Computer sessions also decreased marginally from 3483 (2017) to 2890 (2018) Computer hours were also somewhat lower from 7405 (2017) to 6355 (2018)The lower numbers for walk-ins, and the usage of the public computers at the library are most likely due to the fewer hours of opening. For more information, members of the public are encouraged and invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Municipality of the Crowsnest Pass Library Board that will be held on Tuesday January 22nd 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at the Crowsnest Community Library auditorium.
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recipe corner Breakfast Bread Pudding With Pecan Crumble For the bread pudding: 1⁄2 tablespoon unsalted butter, for greasing 1 pound brioche bread, cut into 3⁄4-inch cubes 8 eggs 2 cups milk 1⁄2 cup heavy cream 1⁄2 cup sugar 1⁄2 cup packed light brown sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons good bourbon Pinch of fine grain sea salt 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans, toasted For the crumbled topping: 1⁄2 cup flour 1⁄2 cup pecan pieces 1⁄2 cup packed dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1⁄4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temp. Sliced persimmons, for serving (optional) Maple syrup, for serving (optional) Lightly butter a 9 x 13 baking dish, then place cubes of brioche in the baking dish in an even layer. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, heavy cream, sugars, vanilla, bourbon, and a pinch of sea salt. Sprinkle toasted pecans over the brioche, then pour the wet ingredient mixture evenly all over the bread, making sure it’s covered thoroughly. Cover and let sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours (or up to overnight). To bake the bread pudding: Preheat the oven to 350 F and remove the baking dish from fridge. Meanwhile, prepare the crumble: Add flour, pecans, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and butter to a medium bowl, and using your fingertips, rub ingredients together until evenly combined and clumps start to form. Sprinkle the surface of the bread evenly with the crumbs. Bake until the bread pudding is puffy and the top is golden, about 45 minutes to an hour. To serve, cut squares of warm bread pudding, and place on small plates. Top with sliced persimmons and maple syrup, if desired.