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Music Festival Successful Again

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Dominique Plouffe-Chandler and Liliane Chandler performed Lullaby by Johannes Brahms during the strings portion of the festival on Wednesday March 13. The festival wraps up on Friday, March 22 with the Grand Concert at Isabelle Sellon School starting at 7:00pm.

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CNP Minor Hockey New Deputy Fire Chief arrives in Pass

AWArds BAnquet & AGM sunday, March 31st • 1pm Curling Lounge

CROWSNEST PASS ADULT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 403-563-8516 • cnpadulted@gmail.com

Did you know?

Crowsnest Pass Adult Education offers learning opportunities such as: St. John’s Standard First Aid level C March 11/12 St. John’s Standard First Aid level C March 23/24 Canadian Red Cross with Darryl Johnson March 28/29 (Thurs,Fri) or March 30/31 (Sat,Sun)

Call to inquire about upcoming dates for: Computers One-on-One Windows 10 Canadian Restricted Firearm Safety Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TGD) Food Safety Training Wilderness & Remote First Aid

A full listing of our courses can be found in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Community Handbook CNP Adult Education is happy to set up a course specifically for your employees, group or organization. Call Nina Ford at 403-563-8516 OR EMAIL cnpadulted@gmail.com FOR MORE INFORMATION. Education courses are made possible by a grant from Alberta Advanced Education and subsidies may be available.

Please let us know if you would like more information.

Crowsnest Curling Club

AGM/Windup April 12, 2019 in the Curling Lounge

Cocktails: 5:30pm AGM & Elections: 6:00pm Dinner: 7:00pm Change in our bylaws: Article: 7.01 From : The fiscal year of the Club shall be from the first day of May to the thirtieth day of April in each year.

To: The fiscal year of the Club shall be from the first day of July to the thirtieth day of June in the following year.

Bill Messner joins the department with 25 years of fire service

DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

The Crowsnest Pass has a new Deputy Fire Chief.

After spending over 25 years in fire service, Bill Messner has chosen to continue his career in the Crowsnest Pass.

“Once this position opened up I had to have it,” said Messner.

Messner started his life as a firefighter in Northern Canada.

After graduating high school, Messner moved to Hay River Northwest Territories and did some volunteer service work there.

Messner says that it wasn’t until more recently where he began to move up the ranks after many years in the service full time.

“For the last 19-20 years now I've been in the fire service on a career basis. So basically my full time job has been firefighting. The last four years it's moved up into kind of an officer’s position in my old

department in Medicine Hat and now here.”

Messner says his main reason for taking this job is that he likes the way things are run here.

“It’s nice because I started out as a volunteer or pay on call just like we have here. When a department works that way, it has that special something. You get a special kind of brotherhood and comradery in an organization like this.”

Another aspect of the area that led Messner and his family here is the sense of community he got.

“Every time my wife and I have come through this area to camp and that kind of stuff, it's just a family feeling of the community that we love. I have a little four and a half year old and both my wife and I feel that this would be just a great community to raise our son.”

Messner also says his family loves the outdoors.

“We’re very much outdoor people. My son is already talking about skiing,

Welcome to our School

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New Deputy Fire Chief Bill Messner arrives in the Crowsnest Pass after previously spending time in Medicine Hat. Messner has 25 years of firefighting experience as a volunteer and chief. Messner is looking forward to living in the Crowsnest Pass community.

hiking, building tree forts and everything else. We want to take full advantage of this country that you guys have here.”

On the work side of things, Messner says community aid is at the forefront of what he wants to accomplish.

“The biggest thing I want to do is help and

serve the community. It’s not just the department I want to help and serve, it’s the community itself. Really I’m just here for the community. I’m here to make sure it’s safe and it people have any questions or concerns or anything of that nature, that’s what I’m here for; to help the community.”

“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 up-to-date with your school.

Ms. Rice has been a Child and Youth Care worker at CCHS for the past 3 years. Ms. Rice enjoys reading, being outdoors, cooking, baking and spending time with her husband and daughter. Before coming to CCHS Ms. Rice was a Family School Liaison Counselor for the Buffalo Trail School Division for 7 years, working in numerous different schools.

Ms. Rice can be found making soup on Fridays, setting out Breakfast and spending time with all our students.

Ms. Rice Child and Youth Care

Toni Gfrerer was born and raised in the Crowsnest Pass and is a graduate of CCHS. She is married with two adult sons, the youngest is a Golf Pro and the oldest is a Petroleum Engineer Technologist. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, walking, travelling, ladies’ volleyball and her little chihuahua/yorkie Roscoe. Toni has over 25 years experience in the Education field having worked at Lethbridge College, Chinook Educational Consortium, Lethbridge College (Crowsnest Pass Campus and Crowsnest Pass Adult Education). Toni has been the Learning Commons Facilitator at CCHS since January, 2015. She enjoys the everyday interaction with the students, she is their librarian, teacher, counsellor, mother and nurse all in one day. The Learning Commons is a welcoming environment and Toni is always happy to assist the students, staff and parents of CCHS!

Mrs. Gfrerer Learning Commons Facilitator

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In the lIne of fIre Between March 11 and March 17, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 50 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Two (2) Fraud /Forgery, one (1) theft of motor vehicle, six (6) thefts, two (2) disturbing the peace, three (3) other criminal code, three (3) other provincial statutes, six (6) driving complaints, eight (8) motor vehicle collisions, five (5) assistance to general public, eight (8) suspicious occurrences, three (3) assistance to other agencies, one (1) 911 call (invalid), one (1) false alarm and one (1) animal call.

Suspicious Male On March 13th, 2019,

at approximately 2:50am, there was a complaint of a male acting suspiciously at a gas station in Blairmore and another complaint of a suspicious male at the hospital at 5:30am.

Vehicle Theft On March 13th, 2019 at approximately 7:00am there was a complaint of a stolen 2006 Mazda 3 from a rural area in Burmis.

The vehicle was later located in Crowsnest Pass area. A 34-year-old male from Fort Macleod was charged with theft of vehicle, mischief to vehicle, obstructing a peace officer and failing to comply with probation order. He was arrested and remanded in custody for Pincher Creek Court.

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Space ships and Aquariums I was paying in a restaurant and my little grandchild was closely looking at the fish in the aquarium beside the till. The cashier sprinkled a little Fish Food on top of the water and all the fish rushed to get a bite, to the delight of the little guy. He watched and signaled me to get closer, and whispered. Where do they go poo, Grandpa? In the water I said and the preschooler made a disgusted face.

They eat in it and sleep in it, he said. The cashier told him that every month they change some of the water but it didn’t reduce his concern.

I remember years ago when I was little, and a teacher in grade school told us that the world existed for millions of years but never got a drop of water or air from outside.

This was before we sent a man to the moon or even to space. Now I am listening to David Saint-Jacques, the Canadian astronaut on the Space Station, telling on a live interview about his experience. He talked about the coffee and mentioned that the water on Space Station is recycled.

Yesterday’s coffee, he said is today's coffee. In his opinion, the experiment of people in space is most important because people are learning how to live together and how we depend on each other. David went on describing the fact that our atmosphere is a very thin layer above the planet and we are learning that we have to take care of it. The atmosphere over the earth is the aquarium in which all species which provide what we call reality or life exists and there is no other alternative. Nothing in, nothing out. The earth is us and it receives energy from the sun. Very little else comes in as cosmic dust.

I went with my grandchildren to the Zoo and came to the big mammal's enclosure. The rhinoceros was close to the barrier so the kids flocked to see it. I don’t know if the big animal wasn’t trained well at tourist hospitality workshop, but it lifted its tail, and….you know, nature played its role and all the kids made a face and went, peooouh. I tried not to pay attention but the smell couldn’t be avoided.

I couldn’t hold my breath long enough to walk out of the building into the open air.

Some molecules of the stink entered my lungs, oxygenated my blood, traveled to my brain, became electricity and formed a thought. The thought made my body get the energy to my muscles and made me run for open air. Open air contained all of the used material from the whole world but was scrubbed by natural process and plants to give me life. All of that in the thin layer we call atmosphere that exists on our planet and possibly on others, but we don’t know for sure.

We live in a huge closed system that we didn’t design.

Even my own body is more dependent on what my brain

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Credit Fraud On March 13th, 2019, a complaint was received of credit card fraud. The card was used for purchasing items online that the cardholder did not order. The incident was reported to the same bank.

Suspicious Vehicle On March 14th, 2019, there was a complaint of a suspicious vehicle without a licence plate on it.

The vehicle was stopped and the driver produced a valid in transit permit.

Stolen Chainsaw On March 15th, 2019, RCMP received a complaint of a stolen chainsaw from the Forestry Gap area. The chainsaw

was recovered at a pawnshop in For Macleod.

Stolen Vehicles On March 17th, 2019 there was a report of a stolen Ford truck from Pincher Creek. It was recovered at 119 Street in Blairmore.

On March 17th, 2019, there was a complaint of a stolen Dodge truck in Coleman. The owner was notified that the vehicle had been towed.

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.

does subconsciously than on what I control. It is easy to destroy the natural defenses of the body or of the whole world. A body or a world may quit working.

Last week we watched in horror as a modern airplane took control away from the pilot and plunged everyone on board to their death. When we take over from nature and neglect to compensate we are plunging space ship earth towards death. We may do it by abusing the environment beyond its capacity to self-repair, or by abusing other people. A crazed White Supremacist kills and injures a hundred Muslims and an equally crazed Muslim fanatic does something worse.

David Saint-Jacques thinks that the most important aspect of being in space is the Psycho-Social experiment of having people from many nations isolated on a space ship.

I agree with him full heartedly. When I was young we looked at the world from our own national perspective and we based our observations upon our limited education. We can no longer do that now when the whole world is communicating so quick and easy.

Last Friday, March 15th, about a million teenage kids all around the world skipped school and went on demonstrations telling adults to take action against activities that cause climate change. In Australia, hundreds of thousands, in Europe even more, demand that we will quit destroying the world they must live in. Even in Edmonton, around a hundred students protested. The North American news hardly touched upon it.

My generation called for: drugs, sex, and Rock and Roll, and now the young are fighting for LIFE. We owe them something. We brought freedom for women, an end to harsh discrimination, and economic prosperity, but we didn’t know when to stop. When we gave up the fight, it was replaced by greed.

Now the youth are fighting for their future and many of us will not abandon them, for as long as we can move.

My grandchildren are in the aquarium but they are not going to sleep in poop under dirty water breathing poisoned air if I can help it.

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

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Thank You On behalf of Jack Reedman’s family, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all of you who showed such sincere concern during the recent illness and passing of our “Dear Jack”!A special thanks to Dr. Botha, nurses and staff at Crowsnest Pass Hospital, Darrell, Moo, Jasmine and staff at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel, Jack Kystermans for his heartfelt service and to Echo Barnett who organized the luncheon and Doug Rolston for the music. Also thanks to everyone who prepared and served the luncheon and to everyone else for their services. We truly appreciated the outpouring of love shown through the floral bouquets, food, gifts, visits, cards and calls. The concern and compassion that all of you showed was certainly noticed and treasured. You made a very difficult time much easier to bear and we appreciated your help very much.

~ Sincerely, Darlene Reedman & family

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Editorial and Opinions About our ski hill A few days ago I decided to grab a coffee in one of our downtown restaurants in Blairmore.

When I opened the door to the popular restaurant I found it crowded with no unoccupied seats or tables.

Wow I said to myself, I wonder what the occasion is at this time of day that would fill my favourite coffee stop.

The next day I mentioned this to the owner who explained that most of the customers in his restaurant that day were skiers from the city of Lethbridge.

Most of the skiing public knows that Castle Mountain and Fernie Alpine Resorts are close but quite frankly it’s incredibly expensive for a day of skiing. For my family to ski at either of these resorts is a $500 day everything included.

All the skiers in town from the city of Lethbridge brought back many enjoyable memories I had from long talks with Buddy about the local hill dating back to his early teens.

I found one of his editorials about the ski hill and this is his reflection. I though I would share a bit of history with you the reader.

Pass Herald Editorial 1995....

I still remember when a group of us ski enthusiasts including the late Jack Paterson, Lloyd Pinkney, myself and many others spent many summer days cutting down trees, clearing brush and building a bridge on the site of the present ski hill in Blairmore.

We helped build a small one-room lodge at the bottom of the hill on the west side.

Later down the road, a small log building was constructed including a small lunch counter, more windows, a wood burning heater and benches to make it easier to lace up our ski boots.

The first towrope was installed on the west side of the hill and power was provided by an old piece of farm equipment (perhaps a combine) anchored just below the first hill near the bottom of the ski run.

Today there is a very comfortable lodge located near the top of the hill with a breathtaking view of the Crowsnest Pass.

A few years ago it was suggested that a used gondola (safety approved) be purchased that would transport skiers in the winter and tourists in the summer to the very top of the mountain. I hope this dream never dies and it becomes a reality.

We have been told that when the local ski hill is operational it saves our school division and school students thousands of dollars each year when they do not have to travel out of town due to the lack of enough snow here in the Pass.

That's my opinion for what it's worth.

TS You see when we lose the elders in this community; we lose their sense of history about how this town actually became a community. I look out my front window from my office and I smile when I see that hill.

My dad taught me how to ski and boy did I have fun. It was only a towrope in those days, so I would hold on for dear life and hope that my mittens would last the day before the rope burned a hole through them.

It was simple times and a beautiful time of innocence and good clean fun.

I hope this ski hill lasts forever, because how lucky are we to have a community owned hill for the youth and visitors of our small mountain town. It’s affordable and fun for the entire family and won’t break the bank.

LS

~ Letters to the Editor ~ Cam Gardner, soil Carbon and the Legistlation Dear Editor; I’ve got a friend who lost nearly everything during the BSE crisis. He knows what it’s like to roll up his sleeves and rebuild after hard times. He and his wife run a thriving foothills ranch west of Nanton. Their two kids are growing up as fifthgeneration Alberta ranchers.

I met him a few years ago at a meeting of ranchers, small business people, environmentalists, recreationists and others at the MD of Ranchland headquarters.

The man sitting across the table sure looked like another rancher I’d worked with years earlier: Harvey Gardner. Harvey had a wry sense of humour, outgoing nature and a blunt way of saying what needed saying. He earned my respect.

It was his son sitting across from me. Since then I’ve come to know Cam Gardner better than I ever knew his dad. Cam and I both served on advisory groups for the new Castle parks southwest of Pincher Creek and later for land use plans for the Liv-

ingstone and Porcupine Hills country.

Those plans turned out surprisingly good — in good part thanks to Cam. From time to time during those planning meetings somebody would get hold of a bad idea and start dogging it. A spark would come into Cam’s eye and sure enough, a moment later he’d be nudging us back in the right direction. That’s why anybody who’s been up in the upper Oldman or the Porcupine Hills lately will have seen that our public land is finally starting to get the kind of care and respect that ranchers and farmers have always given their own land.

It’s soil carbon that Cam and I mostly talk about these days. Climate change is mostly bad news and hard choices. But there is one win-win scenario that hasn’t gotten enough traction yet: enabling large carbon dioxide emitters to pay landowners to store their carbon. Everyone knows that plants take carbon dioxide out of the air and convert it to organic matter. Cam says that a frame-

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work allowing farmers and ranchers to sell carbon offsets to big emitters, just like a barley or calf crop, would lower our emissions while also boosting the economies of small town Alberta. There is currently $680 million in carbon offsets just in Alberta’s market alone.

Farmers and ranchers are not just food producers; they’re land managers.

But the economy only buys the food — it doesn’t pay them for storing carbon. It could. Cam’s persuaded me that it should.

I’ve no doubt that, given the chance, he could persuade anyone.

Recently Cam called me and told me he had decided to stand for election as one of the newest members of Rachel Notley’s NDP team. We’ve all seen Premier Notley’s compassion, determination and hard work during difficult times. That she can attract candidates with Cam Gardner’s integrity and vision says a lot about her connection to the Alberta we all live in.

When LivingstoneMacleod sends Cam Gardner to Edmonton, our rural

economy, small towns, public lands and families will have an MLA who will never let the Legislature forget our corner of the world. Anyone who knows Cam knows he’s a force to be reckoned with — an honest, hard-working fourth-generation Albertan rancher who cares deeply about our communities, lands and waters.

That’s why I’ve chosen to volunteer my time (and donate some dollars) to help get him elected.

We don’t get a chance to elect a person of Cam Gardner’s depth of character very often. When we do, it’s time to forget party politics and simply vote for the right person: Cam Gardner.

Kevin Van tighem —Kevin Van Tighem is the former Superintendent of Banff National Park and the author of fourteen books on wildlife and conservation including Our Place/Changing the Nature of Alberta and Heart Waters/Sources of the Bow River. He writes a regular column in Alberta Views magazine.

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Bouquets - To my amazing neighbours that have been keeping my driveway clean all winter in Blairmore. You help and kindness are overwhelming. Victor with his two shovels, someone with a bobcat, someone with a snowblower even cleaned a path to my garbage bin. Sherry, Rick and Bruce you are amazing.

LeTTeRs PoLICY The Pass Herald welcomes Letters to the Editor that examine issues, but reserves the right to edit for length, libel and syntax. Writers must sign letters and include first and last names, address and telephone number. Address and telephone numbers will not be published. Only in exceptional cases will the Pass Herald withhold the name of the writer and in those cases the writer must disclose his/her name, address and telephone number to the Editor. Electronic email will be considered an electronic signature.

Letters to the Editor do not reflect the opinion of the Pass Herald. Letters cannot exceed 1,000 words. We have limited space, but we do enjoy printing every article. So please, to allow everyone to express their opinion, keep the letters short and to the point. We do have the right to refuse any letter that in our judgement may contain libel or libelous opinions. Should a litigation result from your letter, you as the writer are responsible but so is this newspaper as the publisher.

The Pass Herald is a family owned community newspaper and therefore reserves the right to refuse any advertisement that in our opinion does not follow our mandate. We cannot accept advertisements or letters criticizing or disparaging other advertisers, companies or individuals or any advertisements directed to a religion or race.

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Frozen Water lines an issue DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter The municipality of Crowsnest Pass has made a decision that they will not enter private property to fix frozen water lines in future years.

After a lengthy discussion at a council meeting on March 12, council decided they would leave it up to the owners of the private property to fix whatever problem occurs.

The issue was brought to council because in recent weeks, the municipality has received a number of calls regarding frozen water lines due to the extreme cold.

As of now, the operations department would normally draw an imaginary line at the edge of someone private property regarding services that they would provide the owners.

In most cases where a property owner has issues with a water leakage or sewer blockage, they would be in charge of repairing it themselves within their boundaries.

Currently if the issue is said to be outside the property line, an investigation will take place to determine if the municipality will respond and fix the issue.

With the cold weather recently, the municipality was unsure of how to proceed with the requests to come onto private property to thaw water lines.

There used to be a Thawing Frozen Water

Services Policy dating back to 2004 that gave operations the go ahead to thaw frozen waterlines for residents when the location of the freeze in the water line couldn’t be determined.

That policy was repealed around 2010 and the operations department has been looking for clear direction since.

Currently, frozen water lines are the only grey area when it comes to what work is done by the municipality on private property as all other problems are dealt with strictly by the property owner.

After hearing all the information before them, council has decided they will not be doing repair work of any kind on private property.

Councillor Sygutek did make a recommendation near the end of the discussion to have council create space in next year’s budget for a fund to aid low income property owners who wouldn’t be able to afford repairs on their own.

Council agreed and will have a policy in place that will allow certain residents to approach council based on their income to receive aid for repairs.

The main reason for this decision by council is to avoid causing further damage to the property unintentionally.

If the municipality were to enter land and cause damage to another

part of the property, they would then be forced to cover the cost of those repairs as well which members of council weren’t prepared to do.

Another reason for choosing this route is simply the amount it could cost them for paying the workers.

Director of Development, Engineering and Operations, Mel Bohmer, said the cost could jump fairly quickly depending on the time a request comes in.

“One of the challenges we get is if a request comes in on a weekend. That ends up basically as overtime rates for our crews so we have to reflect that in our costs.”

Chief Administrative Officer, Patrick Thomas, also touched on the issue.

“A call on a weekend would be $400 plus an hour. So that bill gets pretty big pretty quick and the whole time we’re there, we’re hoping not to break anything too.”

Council will now focus on deciding the cutoff for what constitutes a low income property owner to determine the cutoff for land owners who may come across a problem in the future.

If there is a frozen water line affecting your property, the first thing to do is call a plumber who will then contact the municipality in order to get the repair done.

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But if the paint is cracking, chipping, flaking or peeling, or is on a surface that a child might chew or that is subject to wear and tear, you’ll need to remove it carefully to avoid kicking up lead dust.

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Here are four bad habits recommended changing to keep your car in tip-top shape: Not getting a deep clean. Much like you would spring clean your home, your car deserves the same care. Often, we neglect our vehicles and their need for a good cleaning once winter finally ends.

Winter months wreak havoc on vehicles as cold temperatures and corrosive road salt can eat away at both the interior and exterior.

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Forgetting regular maintenance. Much like we go to the dentist for check-ups, your vehicle needs the same attention with specific mileage in-

tervals and changing of the seasons. Whether it’s a fluid top-up or an engine flush, regular maintenance will keep your car running smoothly. Consider getting your drum brakes inspected, cleaned and adjusted in combination with cleaning and lubricating the “sliders” on the disc brake calipers to help deal with any salt and sand build-up that can take a toll on these components.

Treating winter tires like all-weather. A common misconception about leaving your winter tires on all year is that it can save you money. This is a false statement. In fact, leaving them on yearround will cost you more

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Pass Powderkeg Ski Hill Society – Winter Operating Update Council was presented an update on what has been happening at the ski hill recently. The presentation included highlighting a growth strategy to increase the amount of visitors to the Powderkeg.

The presentation also included plans for the offseason which include finding ways to get more adults using the hill and also attracting more specialty groups to the hill in future years.

Purchasing Policy Update Council discussed a couple of changes to the policy. One of the changes

was adding in “Schedule 5” which would be a standard construction agreement on all RFP’s issued by the municipality. By adding this in, it would save the municipality some money. They also decided that societies and the library should be included in following this policy as well.

Fees, Rates and Charges Bylaw Another of the larger topics at the meeting was looking over the Fees, Rates and Charges Bylaw.

The main discussion had during this topic was eliminating a $50 charge to residents for an officer to inspect a property if they were reported to be breaking a town bylaw. During

discussion, Mayor Painter said he doesn’t believe the $50 charge should be given because the fines are already steep if the resident is deemed to be breaking a bylaw. Councillor Sygutek also added that she finds it’s just another cash grab that the municipality shouldn’t have. After more discussion on the topic, council decided to table the idea of removing the $50 inspection charge in 2020 and will continue to look at the topic further in future council meetings.

Services on Private Property Council spent time discussing whether or not they should enter private property to repair damages like frozen water

lines. The discussion was focused around whether the risk and cost of fixing lines on private property would be worth it. Find the full story on page 5.

Discussion on New Business Potential Community Impacts Council discussed an idea of bringing in a consultant to give some suggestion when a new business is looking at coming into the Crowsnest Pass.

The idea is that the consultant would be able to aid council in looking at things they may have missed on their own. This was brought up for council to think about and possibly make a motion for at a future council meeting.

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coleman acreage Magnificent views from this spacious ranch style home on 3 acres.

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Simply Selles

by David Selles

There was a positive story out of Lethbridge that I want to touch on for this week’s column.

Earlier this month after heavy snowfall, a Lethbridge resident with the twitter handle of @KaeleeHelps posted on social media platforms that she would be braving the cold to shovel driveways, sidewalks and staircases for donations to the Lethbridge Humane Society.

The radio station CJOC in Lethbridge heard what she was doing and helped get the word out.

What made this act of kindness even more amazing is the fact that she decided to do this in one of the coldest stretches of the winter so far.

It was a brisk -23 with a wind-chill that made it feel like -39.

Kaelee spent her entire day shoveling business lots, driveways and sidewalks around town and ended up raising a total of $90 for the Humane Society.

But what makes this story even more special is the fact that people ended up matching her donation.

Another individual on Twitter matched the $90 and local company Theoretically Brewing also matched the donation bringing the full amount raised to $270.

To top it all off, the week after her day of shoveling, she dropped off cupcakes along with the $270 donation to the Lethbridge Humane and also dropped off cupcakes at the CJOC station as a thank you for getting the word out on what she was doing.

It’s the small things like this that make communities a better place to be.

We shouldn’t hesitate to go out and do the small things that may make someone else’s life better or easier.

It may be something as helping someone across the street or opening the door for someone to enter before you.

Whenever we have a chance to positively impact a person’s life, we can’t hesitate to do it.

Everyone goes through some kind of struggles in their life on a daily basis and being the one to give them a helping hand may just be what the need to keep going forward.

Never underestimate what the simple things can do for someone.

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Lots of room to build a large garage. $308,700 CALL JOHN MLS

coleman Bright character home on quiet hillside street in Coleman with 2 bedrooms and a sunroom. Master bedroom has ensuite. Solid concrete basement with newer boiler, hot water tank, central vac and 10’ ceilings. Covered rear porch & deck. Fenced lot with room to build garage. Ideal location. Must see to appreciate. $154,900 CALL JOHN MLS

Private and scenic three acres in the Canadian Rockies of the Crowsnest Pass. This is a developed piece of land with access, electricity and an energized water well. Crowsnest Pass offers a unique opportunity to own mountain property at a great price, as well as, many opportunities for summer or winter activities. Very affordable. $169,000 CALL JOHN

blairmore Spacious family home in central Blairmore location. Close to shopping, medical services, swimming pool. Four bedrooms, large and bright family room. Big Backyard with room for a large garage. Perfect for family to grow and enjoy. $234,000. CALL JOHN MLS

blairmore commercial Well maintained commercial building in one of the best locations in Crowsnest Pass on main street Blairmore. Large 3 bedroom apartment above the commercial floor. Attached garage as well as separate parking area at the back.

Great mountain views. Great opportunity for anyone looking for commercial space together with a nice residence. Many updates throughout the building. $349,000 CALL JOHN MLS

belleVue Recently upgraded home in a very desirable location on Dairy Road in Bellevue, Crowsnest Pass. Large landscaped and fenced lot. Great sun exposure. Good access to back country trails. Large double car garage and ample parking. $259,900 CALL JOHN MLS

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family bungalow Well maintained 3+2 bedroom raised bungalow in Coleman with south facing walkout basement. Recent windows, newer high efficiency furnace, metal roof and nice deck. Main floor laundry with sink. Mature landscaped backyard. Large corner lot with plenty of parking and ample room to build a big garage. $295,000 CALL JOHN MLS

blairmore Excellent Lot with back lane access and 50' front. This older bungalow is in a good Blairmore location and is a great opportunity for an investment or as a get-away in the Canadian Rockies. Shop and Compare. $75,000 CALL JOHN MLS

horse property Stunning 12.68 acres south from Pincher Creek, on the way to Waterton. Out buildings include a barn and a shop. There are corrals and a dugout. Good pasture and hay. Very good property for horses. Property to be sold “AS IS”. $275,000 CALL JOHN MLS

Beautifully proportioned historic home in a nice Coleman, Crowsnest Pass location. Fantastic 100 ft. x 100 ft. mature landscape lot. 16 ft. x 24 ft. attached garage off the back lane. Large deck with beautiful mountain views. As an added benefit, the property features two titles which would enable someone to build a new house in addition to the existing home. $234,000 CALL JOHN MLS

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Crowsnest Pass Music Festival update and highlights Last week the focus was the adjudication ... this week its preparing for the Grand Concert DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

The Crowsnest Pass Music Festival was once again a success.

The weeklong event saw many participants display their talents both

vocally and instrumentally.

Local music teacher and President of the Music Festival, Tynan Groves, says there was something for everyone at this year’s festival.

“There were two days of piano, a day of guitar and a day of bowed strings. There was also two days of vocal and musical theatre.”

Groves also says that the main focus for the fes-

tival switched a few years ago to change the focus of the event.

“We switched from competitive to a focus on training the kids and put a focus on their learning experience. I think we’re

really seeing the fruits of that now. It was a little difficult at first, just kind of communicating with the adjudicators that we didn’t really want a first, second and third kind of thing.”

Groves added that by moving the focus of the competitive side, the students are now able to simply take the time to keep improving.

One thing that makes the festival so special in the Pass is the feeling of togetherness people receive while being a part of the event.

“The festival is fairly robust for such a small community. One adjudicator I talked to said that even in Lethbridge they don’t have all the family music and community music and the different participation we have,” said Groves.

After last week, the focus now shifts to preparing for the Grand Concert taking place this Friday, March 22 at Is-

abelle Sellon School.

Groves says this concert is really the highlight of the festival.

“We try to put together a show that displays the totality of the festival. It might be a really cute kid that had a beautiful little performance. We will also highlight the people that really studied and performed well because we want to make sure those people get another opportunity to perform their pieces again.”

Groves emphasized that this concert is a great way for people who didn’t get to take in any of last week’s festivities, to highlight what all happened.

Groves says he is thankful for everyone that makes this festival happen.

“This was a great festival this year. The adjudicators were awesome, the venues were fantastic and the schools are so accommodating. It was great.”