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Family Day Fun
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Residents of the Crowsnest Pass were able to enjoy Family Day celebrations at the Coleman Sports Complex on Monday, February 17th. Activities included skating, face painting, games and a magic show. The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass and FCSS put on the event.
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2 – CrowsNest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, February 19, 2020
New Improv class beginning in Crowsnest Pass
Terra Hazelton will be starting up a new improv club that will occur every Thursday DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter
A new class will be available for residents interested in the world of improv. Terra Hazelton recently moved to the Crowsnest Pass and is starting up a new improv club that will occur every Thursday. Born in Cranbrook B.C, Hazelton grew up in Calgary Alberta where at age 14 she began to study improvisation and acting under world renowned Keith Johnstone and Dennis Cahill at the famed Loose Moose Theatre Company. At 18 years old, she attended the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, where she continued to study
acting and music. Upon finishing school in New York, Terra moved to Toronto to start her career as a performer, and was very quickly discovered by the late, great Jeff Healey. Hazelton has recently relocated from Toronto, where she lived for the past 20 years, to the beautiful mountains of Southern Alberta. She hopes to focus on painting, and on working on music for the debut PerlHaze album, soon to be produced and recorded by the duo, which consists of Sophia Perlman and herself. Hazelton also comes to the area with a glowing review from Jeff Gladstone, the Artistic Director at the International Theathresports In-
stitute. “Terra Hazelton is one of the best improvisors I’ve ever seen. She brings the values behind good improv to all the work she does, whether it’s music acting, singing or teaching. I’m so excited that she’s bringing improvisation to the Crowsnest Pass! I started learning improv at the Loose Moose Theatre way back and Terra was always one of my favourite people to play with. As I’ve travelled around the world, I’ve learned what a rare gift it was to be trained at the Loose Moose Theatre and with Keith Johnstone. The Crowsnest Pass is so lucky to have someone like Terra to learn from. I have no doubt that it won’t take long for the
Pass to be known for some great improvisors and talent. I can’t wait to see where she takes it!” Hazelton says the club will be a drop in type of class with no set commitment needed. “The club is just going to be a weekly drop in where you can either come whenever you want. Classes will be structured so that people don't have to commit to coming every week and worry you might miss something.” Hazelton added that if people are able to commit, the prices for classes would decrease. “If you want to sign up, the rate goes down. If you commit to four or more in advance it's only $10 a class, whereas if you just drop in it's $15.
People are welcome to come and go. You don't have to commit to anything long term.” Since moving here, Hazelton says the sense of community she feels is something she wants to work off of. “I really want to play on the sense of community. I've only been here nine months but I really feel there's such a strong community here.” Hazelton does have some long-term goals but isn’t overly focused on that right now. “An eventual goal would be to train up enough people so that I could create a Crowsnest Pass team because there's a lot of competitive improvisation. I don't want this class to be about that but it could be a big
bonus that could happen.” As for what ages Hazelton would like to see, she says it’s a broad range. “Right now it's 13 and up and anyone under 16 needs to be accompanied by an adult. Eventually if I get enough interest I'd like to divide it to 16 and under and 17 and up and have two separate groups. Right now though, since I'm just starting out and hoping anyone will show up, I'll be doing a general class. It's kid friendly and it's pretty open.” The classes will take place every Thursday from 6-8pm at the library. The first class is scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 20th.
Grant from Government provides students with meals DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter
Thanks to a grant provided by the Alberta
government, students at ISS are able to enjoy healthy meals they may not otherwise get.
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Christine Lang, a Nutrition Assistant, says she is able to provide meals for students because of this grant. “It's a grant that is provided by the government. It's to promote healthy eating and provide meals for those who may not have any. Not all of our kids that participate are needing but might be lacking.” Lang says that almost all the food is made fresh for the students and that meals are provided every day. “I'm here every day. I make lunches as well. There are fruits and vegetables as well and those lunches go to the office and students that need it
come and get it.” There are also school wide hot meals that are provided once a month. Lang says volunteers are what make those meals possible. “Our hot dinners can feed the entire school with the help of several volunteers. We do those meals once a month. The next one is on the 26th.” For the last hot meal, three local businesses stepped up to help out. “Three businesses stepped up for our last one. C-Rad Renovations, Steiger Flooring and Explore Designs, every single one of them was here. C-Rad actually paid for the meal.” Lang mentioned that
it’s a big plus to have the community interact with the students. “It's nice to have the community get involved with the younger kids. It was good to see the kids interact with them and they had a blast.” Land also says that more volunteers are always welcome. “For the volunteers it's mostly the serving part and interacting with the kids. This is our future; it's all in that gymnasium right there. It's important to be aware of it and make sure the kids know they are represented and recognized by the community.” There are some volunteers that try and make
it out as much as possible as well. “We do have a regular volunteer now as well and he and his assistant come and hang out with the kids. That's really important to us as well.” Anyone interested in volunteering in the future can contact ISS and the information will be passed along to Lang. Lang says that showcasing a program like this one is a way to show people that not all programs are disappearing from local schools. “I want people to know that not all programs have gone on the wayside with education. There are still things in place that are important.”
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - Crowsnest PAss herAlD - 3
In the lIne of fIre Between February 10 and February 17, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 43 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Four (4) assaults, two (2) break and enter (residential), one (1) fraud/forgery, one (1) threats/harassment, two (2) mischief (vandalism), two (2) thefts, two (2) other criminal codes, one (1) other provincial statute, four (4) driving complaints, ten (10) motor vehicle collisions, six (6) assistance to general public, three (3) suspicious occurrences, one (1) lost and found, three (3) assistance to other agencies and one (1) animal call. Shoplifting On February 11th, 2020, there was a complaint of shoplifting from a convenience store in Coleman. The incident is still under investigation.
Counterfeit Money On February 11th, 2020, there was a complaint of a counterfeit $20 American bill that was used at a convenience store in Coleman. More counterfeit American bills were used at a hardware store in Blairmore on February 14th. Theft On February 11th, 2020, there was a complaint of theft of fire extinguishers from an apartment building in Blairmore. Vehicle Damage On February 14th, 2020, there was a complaint of rear side window damage to a Dodge Caravan parked in the arena parking lot in Coleman. The damage occurred sometime that morning. Suspicious Male On February 15th, 2020, at approximately 8:15pm, there was a com-
The Simple Raven’s Post by Avner Perl
Progressives? Who are they? These days there is a lot of talk about some people who are “Progressives.” In my life politics comes and goes. Being Canadian, I get a break from politics in between elections. There are Federal elections which are a big deal, Provincial elections every four years, Municipal elections which are not partisan and long breaks between them. Most of my life I listened to the news, scanned the advertisements, and on a given day, went out to cast my ballot. Mostly I made some effort to see which politician I assumed would improve the lives of those close to me and avoided talking politics and religion in polite company. It is much more explosive in our neighbouring country to the south They seem to always have some elections and campaigns going on. For some reason Canadian news devotes more time to USA politics than to our own. Perhaps because whatever happens in the US has more influence upon our lives than our own. The elephant in the room. Initially, I questioned why we are so engrossed in another country’s politics until I understood. What happens in the US often determines the lives of people here and all over the world more than any local politics. Canada and especially Alberta have been suffering thanks to changes in the US for a few years now. For a long time, we were supplying them with oil and gas until they discovered new ways to frack fossil fuels and conveniently forgot our early contribution. Now they want our resources for nothing and cause us some internal conflicts.
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plaint of a suspicious male who broke a window of a residence in Coleman. The suspect fled the scene. Found bikes turned into Crowsnest Pass Bylaw Be aware of a new scam. Victims get phone calls from someone pretending to be from Service Canada or another government agency, saying their social insurance number (SIN) has been blocked, compromised or suspended. The call might be one of the latest variations on caller ID in which fraudsters disguises the number seen on the ID display in order to trick victims into answering phone. The person will ask for SIN and other personal info, such as date of birth, address, etc. Victims who provide personal info are at risk of identity fraud. 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. Do not send monies to person claiming you have won a prize and need to send money for delivery. 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.
We accepted the idea that the use of energy which produces smoke will have to change and gave ourselves a deadline by which to convert. In the meantime, we wish to sell our oil on the world market. Out of nowhere sprung strong opposition blocking our efforts. Here comes the connection to “progressives.” The US is having presidential elections in November this year and they have a very popular progressive candidate inching up to challenge the very unpopular Trump. The progressive guy says it will be expensive to convert to clean power, but nothing compares to doing nothing. The Progressive movement rose in the beginning of the Twentieth Century in Canada and the US, comprising of farmers and workers. It laid dormant for a long time until recently. Here it was a part of the Progressive Conservative Party and you may see reminders in little towns where there is UFA and in the workers Co-operative movement. In the US it is surging upwards like never before. The Democratic party is quickly developing a very strong Progressive wing. Now, in the twenty-first Century when we say Progressive it means the voice of the young people although there are many older folks like me supporting it. In the US a 78-year-old determined old man is leading in the poles to challenge Trump, and his strength are new voters who just turned eighteen. He doesn’t accept donations from corporations and raised more money than those who do. Mostly the average donations to his campaign are $18.00 His message is simple. He wants healthcare like in Canada, free higher education, $15.00 Minimum wage and protection against wrecking the planet. Roughly 80% of Canadians agree with the last. They asked how he is going to pay for it. The health care will save money as ours does. We pay 47% less for ours. The rest will be saved from not fighting everlasting wars and from taxing Wall Street gains made on invest-
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ments. Amazon and Walmart will pay income tax, and billionaires will pay the same rates as their workers do. There are always two sides to every story. One side wants a Paradise for billionaires, which they promise will improve all human conditions. Things are great, is the message, stop complaining. Life expectancy is improving, poverty been decreased, we are OK. The Progressive side wants to tax billionaires and make them less powerful. If bankers and garbage collectors went on strike, who would you legislate back to work? New York couldn’t survive without trash collection for a week while England hardly noticed a six months strike by bankers. The progressives demand a Wealth Tax and Inheritance tax. If the Progressive in the US win, it will make a huge difference in Canada. It will shift the whole political debate. Our few Far-Right evangelists may cry, but most of us will be happy. I give my head a shake. I am in Canada. Aside from some fanatics, most Canadians are level-headed and we are ruled by some very good laws. We have some problems, but we are solving them peacefully and patiently one by one. Mostly we need not do more than just educate those of us who panic and show them that comparing to other countries ours is the envy of most nations. I predict that we will build the infrastructure to sell our oil at market prices soon, right after we decide to pay something to those who let us take it through their domain. I also foresee our governments bow to our wishes and take steps to prepare the country for a future without oil. We have ten to twenty years. Aside from the oil issue, we don’t need a Progressive movement like our neighbours. Canada is already more progressive due to efforts that were made by our past generations. The new fight between the billionaires and workers is not as fierce here as it is south. Psychologists claim that gratitude reduces symptoms caused by stress. I do what I can to Cause improvements, but I begin each day with the saying, “thank you Lord.” We are so fortunate to live in a place like this. Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.