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The Crowsnest Pass Skating Club was lucky to have their Star 3 and up attend a skating seminar put on by Olympic Medalist Kaetlyn Osmond on the evening of Thursday, January 24, 2019. The four girls that were able to attend enjoyed themselves and learned some new ways to help them improve their skills. From left to right, Karysa Gregory, Kennedy Blakey, Kaetlyn Osmond, Stephanie Armstrong and Jaylyn Wilson.
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2 – crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Thank You Upgrades needed for waterplant On behalf of Eileen Gettman’s family we would like to thank the medical staff, especially the nurses at the Crowsnest Pass Health Care Centre for the compassionate care Eileen received. We want to thank the Bellevue Legion and the Ladies’ Auxillary for their luncheon and services. A huge thank you to Darrell and staff at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel for helping us through this difficult time.
~ Dean Bennett and family
Frank water Treatment Plant upgrades expected to cost the municipality 20 millions dollars
DAVID SELLES Pass Herald Reporter
Council is continuing to look into ways to fund the upgrades to the Water Treatment Plant in Frank. Currently, council is looking at two separate grants that will significantly lessen the financial burden.
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After having a more detailed design completed, a more accurate cost estimate shows the entire project could cost upwards of $20 million and that there is still $8 million that needs to be funded. During last week’s council meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Patrick Thomas said that resolving this issue isn’t getting any easier. “Now we are coming up on a tough position that we know the plant is desperately in need of repairs and upgrades and on the other hand we know we are short $8 million on funding the project.” That is where the additional grant applications come into play. One of the applications is for the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP) and the other is the Investing in Cana-
dian Infrastructure Program (ICIP) that is a federally funded grant administered by Alberta Transportation. Thomas says that they were told the ICIP could take between six to eight months before a decision would be heard and that if council decided to start work on the plant, their application for the ICIP grant would be cancelled. Council then had open discussion about the topic and decided that currently the best route would be to draft a letter to Minister of Transportation Brian Mason. Council decided that they would like to stress their concerns in this letter and that they talk about the permits with Alberta Environment and the contravention that is currently going on. It was also decided that Mayor Painter and Patrick Thomas would
make arrangements for a face-to-face meeting to further explain the seriousness of the Water Treatment Plant’s current conditions. During the discussion, mayor Painter said that it is important for them to realize how serious this is. “We don’t want to be bad stewards of our environment. We need to reiterate that people have to use that water downstream.” Councillor Ward added during the discussion that the municipality doesn’t really have a choice because if they borrowed the money, they’d be at 75 to 80 per cent of their debt load and he said they simply couldn’t do that. Thomas says that he hopes the municipality hears by this summer whether or not they are able to receive the ICIP grant.
Welcome to our School “Welcome to our School” is a bi-weekly column in the Crowsnest Pass Herald highlighting the teachers who are educating our children and the programs and activities taking place at the Crowsnest Consolidated High School. It’s a way to remain upto-date with your school.
I was raised in Coleman and a graduate of CCHS myself. I am the mother of two amazing children and reside in Blairmore. I enjoy cooking, being outdoors, travelling and spending time with my family and friends. I believe there is no greater job than being a positive role model for our youth and I enjoy going to work every day. Barb Pollice Financial Assistant
CCHS eventS SCHedule & ACHievementS Crowsnest Consolidated Highschool is now into its second week of Breakfast Club, thank you Blairmore Lions Club and CCHS Sports and Athletic Society. CCHS Parent Council meeting February 12th 6:00 pm at the Learning Commons. CCHS Valentines Day Celebrations are on. See the office to order some goodies for your Valentine! February 14th Livingstone Range School Division will be hosting round table discussions at the school with all our students, led by Central Office and Senior Students.
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In the LIne of fIre Between February 4 and February 10, 2019 Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 42 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Four (4) fraud/forgery, three (3) threat/harassment, two (2) mischief (vandalism), two (2) thefts, one (1) disturbing the peace, two (2) other criminal code, one (1) other provincial statutes, six (6) driving complaints, seven (7) motor vehicle collisions, five (5) assistance to general public, one (1) suspicious occurrence, three (3) assistance to other agencies, two (2) 911 calls (invalid), one (1) false alarm and two (2) municipal bylaws. Break and Enter On February 1st, there was a complaint of a break and enter into a residence located on Frank Slide Road. Numerous household items were taken. Manhole Cover On February 6th, there was a report of a manhole missing from parking lot in Coleman. There were also reports
large rocks had been rolled down the hill by the highway. Motor Vehicle Collision On February 6th, at approximately 1:30 am, a report of a motor vehicle collision with a power pole came from West Coleman. This collision caused power to go out. Alcohol was not a factor and the accident is under further investigation. Fraud On February 6th, RCMP received a report of possible fraud. The complainant received a phone call from someone portraying themselves as a member of Stars Lottery stating they had won a vehicle and substantial amount of cash but requested a money order be sent to BC for the sending of the vehicle. The money order was sent but cancelled shortly after when complainant realized the call appeared to be fraudulent. More Fraud On February 7th, there were to more complaints of possible fraud from Stars Lottery. No money was sent on either of these two occasions.
Suspicious Mail On February 7th, a report of a suspicious email came from a complainants own email address threatening release of information if the complainant didn’t pay in bitcoins. This is a reminder to residents to check online accounts for suspicious activity and to check passwords. If you are concerned that someone has hacked into your computer, obtain antivirus packages or take it to a computer expert. Also, an iPad was found on the corner of 224 Street and 30 Avenue in Bellevue. Anyone missing an iPad can contact the detachment. Court News A 22-year-old male was sentenced to 90 days in jail on three counts of theft of vehicles from Blairmore; the offence date was October of 2018. Crime Mapping Crime mapping is available online to residents who are interested can login online at Municipality of Crowsnest Pass website (RCMP crime map for Crowsnest Pass) . Crime mapping shows property crimes
that occurred within the past two weeks in our area. Found Property recovered tires , gas cans and bike were located on Mcgillivray Flats in early December found iphone/camera in Blairmore found bikes turned into Municipal Bylaw 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. 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 its origin. do NOT purchase gift cards for payment to Revenue Canada.
Lifelong Learning a priority for Pass DAvID SELLES Pass Herald Reporter
A new project is starting up in the Crowsnest Pass. Council was informed in their meeting on Tuesday, February 5 that the Lifelong Learning project received the necessary funding to move forward. John Taylor is spearheading the project that he says is meant to give learners of all ages and in all stages of life access to powerful learning experiences when they need them. Taylor says he is thrilled with the funding he has received and is grateful for council’s participation. “I’m overjoyed not only with the funding but also with the commitment, vision and willingness to
participate and support the project. I’m over the moon.”
Taylor says that the group will need to focus their attention instead of
“I’m overjoyed not only with the funding but also with the committment, vision and willingness to participate and support the project. I’m over the moon.” - John Taylor Lifelong Learning co-ordinator
Taylor says that there are two phases to this project and that a group of people will be meeting on February 12 to start the first phase. The money from council and the other groups will be used over the course of the entire process but most of it will be used in phase one of the project that is developing a systems map for the rest of the project.
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having a broad idea of what they want to accomplish. “We can’t be everything to everybody so we are going to narrow down our focus before we start developing the framework.” Taylor added that there will be four workshops for people until the end of June and then a series of workshops called social innovation that will
take place in the fall. It’s not known yet how far this project will go, but Taylor says it’s partially up to the community. “All we've mapped out so far is the two phases of this project and then depending on where the community wants to go and how much energy they want to put into it and then figuring out how we govern the whole process will determine how much further we go and how much work is necessary.” Taylor added that because this is still new, it’s difficult to guess how far this project can go. “Right now it’s all theory until we sit down everyone with a different perspective and representing different organizations it’ll become clearer.”
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