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April 22, 2020 ~ Vol. 90 No. 16 $1.00

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Members of Crowsnest Pass Fire and Rescue, RCMP and EMS, along with CAO Patrick Thomas, Mayor Painter and members of Council took part in a drive by of support for local health workers at Crowsnest Pass Health Centre.

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Foothills recovery task force update Business and government come together to help struggling businesses DAviD SeLLeS Pass Herald Reporter

The new Foothills Business Recovery Taskforce (FBRT) is beginning to provide the necessary help for businesses who are struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

MP John Barlow says that he’s excited at the prospect of how quickly this came to be and how substantial it’s become.

“We are really excited about this initiative that we are launching. It really started just a couple of weeks ago and quickly evolved into something substantial. We looked at this as an opportunity to take advantage of some of the business recovery experts we have in this riding.”

Currently, the process of identifying who will all be involved is taking place.

“Right now we are identifying those key industry sector representatives to have that voice at the table for the taskforce.

We also want to make sure we have good representation from the ecosystems coming into

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the taskforce as well so we're in the process now.

Right now in the Crowsnest Pass, the contribution is around developing that ecosystem network. We are looking to continue expanding.

Anyone who has a supporting mindset of businesses, we want them at the table to discuss solutions and opportunities,” said Corinne Finnie, Transformation Strategist/CEO of 29 Degrees Institute.

Barlow also says that finding these people is a careful process.

“We were really cognizant putting this together that on the taskforce we are going to be having representatives of different industries, sectors and businesses and we were really careful to insure we had every region represented.

I've reached out to members of Crowsnest Pass Council, asking for their recommendations of people in their business community who they feel could be good representatives. We do have some names that we'll be reaching out to and we want their permission that they're okay with being a part of it before we release those names.”

So far for the Crowsnest Pass, The Chamber of Commerce along with Community Futures and Councillor Lisa Sygutek who was appointed by council are involved with the Taskforce.

As for a timeframe on the taskforce, Finnie says right now, the timeframe is uncertain due to unique circumstances of the situation.

“For disaster recovery, typically there is a transition phase out of where businesses are needing support and it's called the honeymoon phase where public safety is restored, businesses are starting to find a new way to find a way of functioning in a new environment and then recovery starts. This is different. We'll continue to engage with the business communities and engage with the ecosystems to get a pulse of how the businesses are doing and how recovery is looking from an economic vitality

perspective. Then we'll make decisions about our influence and contribution and go from there.”

Barlow says that because no one knows when the pandemic will be over, the timeframe will continue to be uncertain.

have that massive tourism, not only from outside of Alberta but from other countries coming to southwest Alberta, spending their dollars here. We aren't going to have the trade corridors we've had. One of the goals of this is to find

“We are really excited about this initiative that we are launching.

It really started just a couple of weeks ago and quickly evolved into something substantial. We looked at this as an opportunity to take advantage of some of the business recovery experts we have in this riding.”

- John Barlow - MP

“The issue with Covid is that unlike a flood or a forest fire where you know when it's over, none of us can answer that question with this. We want this to be able to provide resources for businesses now as they deal with being shut down and losing employees and trying to navigate the different programs but also what happens when we want to try and get the economy back up and running. Unfortunately, we just don't know when that will be. To try and put a timeline on how long that will be is really difficult.”

According to Finnie, the plan is to have the different ecosystems begin working collaboratively and have the main taskforce become a strategic body.

“We're hoping that the capacity is being built in the communities themselves so that through the collaboration between the stakeholder groups and a common alliance with supporting businesses together, the taskforce becomes more of a strategic body.”

Barlow says that finding new avenues and specifically becoming more self-reliant will be key to helping businesses survive.

“Regardless of how long this lasts, the business reality is going to be very different. We are going to have to be, as a region, much more selfreliant. We aren't going to

what we do as a region to be more self-reliant. Is that value added? Is that additional manufacturing or processing capacities?

What opportunities are going to be in southwest Alberta for us to not only get our economy back up on it's feet, but what opportunities are going to be there for Pincher Creek to be working with High River, Springbank and Bragg Creek to be working with Crowsnest Pass?

We need to start tearing down traditional rivalries and start working together because we're going to have to be much more self sufficient.”

MLA Roger Reid, who also sits on the Taskforce, says the main part of what is being done is framework.

“The sense that we have is we want to be able to make sure we've put a framework in place so that businesses are making wise and informed decisions to get through this and not reacting. This is a brand new scenario for all of us and there's a collective wisdom we need to rely on to carry as businesses as we can.”

There is a website with more information on the taskforce as well as surveys that can be completed by businesses to help the taskforce see what the current challenges and needs are of local businesses.

To find that survey and info, including the stakeholders for each ecosystem, go to fbrt.ca.

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In the lIne of fIre Between April 13 and April 20, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 37 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Two (2) assaults, two (2) break and enters (other), two (2) fraud/forgery, one (1) threat/harassment, two (2) thefts, three (3) disturbing the peace, three (3) other criminal code, one (1) other provincial statute, eight (8) driving complaints, four (4) assistance to general public, four (4) suspicious occurrences, two (2) assistance to other agencies, one (1) animal call and two (2) municipal bylaws.

Theft On April 14th, 2020, there was a complaint of theft of a vehicle from a rural property in Burmis.

The vehicle had been located on April 11th with heavy damage in the Hillcrest area.

Found Purse On April 14th, 2020, there was a report of a purse found in the Frank area. There was no identification in the purse. The

owner may claim it at the RCMP office by calling 403-562-2867.

Traffic Stop On April 15th, 2020, at approximately 4am, there was a traffic stop in Bellevue. A 51-year-old male was arrested and charged with obstructing a peace officer, possession of a controlled substance, no insurance and no registration. He was later charged with possession of stolen property. A Court hearing was held and he was remanded in custody for his next Court appearance.

Abandoned Vehicle On April 15th, 2020, RCMP received a complaint of an abandoned vehicle on 213 Street near the intersection of Highway 3 in Bellevue. The vehicle was towed and the owner was contacted. There is an investigation ongoing.

Vehicle Stunting On April 16th, 2020, at approximately 8pm, there was a complaint of vehicle stunting and stuck in a snow bank in the area of Flummerfelt Park in Coleman. Police attended and occupants of the vehicle

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left the scene. The vehicle was towed and the owner was notified. The incident is still under investigation.

Stolen Licence Plate On April 17th, 2020, there was a complaint of a stolen licence plate from a vehicle parked in Frank.

The theft occurred sometime overnight. The plate was recovered on a stolen vehicle in Fort Macleod.

Break and Enter On April 20th, 2020, there was a complaint of a break and enter of a Municipal workshop in Coleman. Tools and other items were stolen. The theft occurred sometime over the weekend.

Residents please make sure that your garage , sheds and doors to residents are locked to your property for your security of property.

Effective immediately the RCMP office will be limited to persons attending detachment. If you need to attend the detachment, there will be limited persons at the detachment including front counter.

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The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Caged humans and ravens The little willows outside my window are sprouting tiny buds and the dry grasses are allowing patches of green to show through. A doe with a fawn is busy clipping and sampling the delicious new growth hungrily. Spring in the mountains is a little late but much appreciated. I am sitting isolated at my window thinking it has been about a month now since I have been with people. I am a hermit by nature, yet I miss seeing faces that are real, not just on a flat-screen. I am spoiled, you know.

In my childhood, I was on a farm and often lived seeing no new people for months at a time. It was a good time, I say, and I am an old man now.

Isolation and social distancing may go on for a long time yet, especially for me.

The Coronavirus is punishing me not knowing that we are on the same side. Both of us are working towards a major social change. COVID is doing it indiscriminately, like a parent who punishes all the kids for one who is being rowdy.

Is the virus a gift or a punishment? The big problem today is inequality in human society. It comes from selfishness, which is at war with oneness. Humankind has achieved the capacity to overcome death but not the maturity to understand it. To survive, we must stop economic growth. (Grow sideways, not upwards.) We must redefine Progress. Under normal conditions, it would cause a political suicide, but COVID may change it.

As I am writing these words in India millions of poor Muslim citizens are pushed to walk to their deaths. The picture repeats in some form or another in many parts of the world. Canadian food prices are rising since we restricted foreign workers from working on growing our food. Canadians are not willing to do the work for what it pays.

In a short time Pressure to “let us go back to work” will grow and a second more deadly wave of COVID will hit the western nations. The governments will try to shrug responsibility by blaming China and other countries forgetting that we are dealing with humans who have the capacity to hurt us back if they are cornered. We couldn’t defeat even poor Afghanistan and now we may pick a war with three-quarters of the world.

The brainless COVID is doing that. If you go back three and a half thousand years you will find artifacts, including the pyramids, indicating that there was a human civilization as developed as ours on Earth. Egypt was the main empire, and Moses defeated it. It was as highly unequal as our society, led by 1% elites and fuelled

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by slaves. War, famines, and plagues demolished it, bringing a long dark age.

Humans have a hard time understanding that we are all one in a major way.

Mankind is like a body of one man or woman. Our body is made of trillions of cells, each alive on its own, serving a purpose, namely being one organism. The cells are born, live their time and pass on to be replaced by newer cells. In two years all the cells that make my body and brain, are replaced. As long as they all work together we have a healthy body. When something gets out of line some cells attack each other as we see in cancer patients.

At this point, some countries including Canada are doing the right thing. People are isolating, and the government is providing the necessities of life. When the danger has passed our people will be alive and have enough money to purchase needs.

That money will restart the economy. We old mountain people know that you need tinder and kindling to start a fire.

Some other countries, who are led by far-right ideologies, are not as cautious.

Since they don’t care about the lives of the poor and are overly worried over lost revenues, they are restarting their economies too soon and they will pay a dear price.

The best salesperson in the world will fail when people’s loved ones are carried away in body bags. The same goes for people who become homeless or, God forbid, starve.

The 99% allowed the 1% to bring them into a state close to slavery over close to forty years. The abuse of producing without sharing in the bounty was inflicted over groups of people and nations at different times and places. Each time the majority allowed a few to suffer hoping that they will be spared.

COVID is leveling the suffering, inflicting it on all at the same time. A few runaway slaves can’t change much. This time all those who are not privileged are threatened at the same time. A major civil war to free slaves can change a nation. Brainless killer COVID may just cause that. I am more afraid of the reaction to the disease than the virus itself.

Some countries who are blessed to have leadership open to change will do well.

Nations who understand that humanity no longer can provide jobs for all their people and yet must keep the people fed, housed, educated and in good health, will prosper. Others who still believe that they must force everyone to work and enrich their most affluent 1% may face deadly rebellions after they surface from the killer pandemic.

The Earth is guaranteed to survive and resurrect after the dominant species undergo a major change or two. The human species may perish or be set back to its prehistoric form in order to try again.

The deer outside are munching the spring growth, uncaring. They adopted the main message of all human religions. Just take what you need and leave the rest knowing that there is always enough. The One who created you do not abandon you.

The humans worry that if they don’t hoard enough riches, they may all kill each other. I am worried about the opposite. The cities and huge buildings will disintegrate in time and grow new delicious greens once again.

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Livingstone Range School Division update and news FRANK MCTIGHE Contributor

Stakeholders provide input on school division budget Close to 400 community members, staff and students responded to Livingstone Range School Division’s call for input into its budget.

Three hundred and 99 people answered an on-line survey that asked people to list priorities and suggest innovative ideas.

“We will use this information not only now but into the future when we’re looking at making decisions for our budget,” school board chair Lori Hodges said.

The survey results were presented Wednesday during the board’s April 8 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

The provincial government changed the way it will fund education, resulting in a $2.2-million decrease for Livingstone Range over the next three years.

“That’s caused us to revisit every single piece of operations in our school division,” superintendent Darryl Seguin said.

As part of that process, trustees asked administration in March to gather stakeholder input for the budget and three-year plan.

An on-line survey was open from March 12-22.

Schools were closed March 15 due to the

COVID-19 pandemic.

“We weren’t able to get as many student responses as we thought we would,” Seguin told trustees. “We’re still very happy we had almost 400 responses to the survey.”

The highest response came from the Crowsnest Pass, which provided 104 or 26 per cent of the overall 399 responses.

Fort Macleod was next with 90 responses (22.6 per cent), followed by Claresholm with 85 (21.3); Pincher Creek with 77 (19.3); Nanton with 31 (7.8); Lundbreck with 22 (5.5); Stavely with 17 (4.3); and Granum with 10 (2.5).

The first question asked which are the most important areas for consideration in the 2020-’21 budget and three-year education plan.

Supports for students ranked as the No. 1 priority, followed by curriculum and planning, reducing administration and infrastructure.

The second question asked what one thing would have the greatest impact.

Class size was the No. 1 priority, followed closely by support staff. The other priorities in order were curriculum and planning, programming and J.T. Foster school modernization.

The third question asked for new and innovative ideas.

The No. 1 response was fund-raising, including corporate donations, sponsorships and community

donations.

The No. 2 idea was for Fridays off, with a four-day week resulting in cost savings.

The No. 3 idea was community involvement, including people teaching specific skills of classes, families being engaged to support learning, and partnership with community groups to utilize services.

Technology that would provide remote programming ranked No. 4.

The No. 5 idea was getting back to basics, with a focus on core subjects and eliminating “non-essentials.”

The fourth question asked for the top five priorities for Livingstone Range.

Community members chose classroom supports such as educational assistants, career practitioners and child and youth care workers as No. 1 with 18 people making that choice.

Small class sizes ranked No. 2 with 16 people making that choice, followed by academics (15 people); mental health support (15); highquality teaching (11); great school culture (8); options programming (8).

Parents, grandparents and care-givers chose academics (141 people) as the top priority, followed by classroom supports (120); small class sizes (118); high quality teaching (99); great school culture (92); mental health support (71); technol-

ogy (65); and place-based learning (64), which related to students using the school yard, community and surrounding areas for learning.

School staff (83) chose small class sizes at the No. 1 priority, followed by classroom supports (69); mental health support (68); great school culture (68); highquality teaching (61); and academics (61).

Students chose as their top five priorities small class sizes (12); classroom supports (10); academics (10); options programming (10; mental health supports (6); high-quality teaching (6); and great school culture (5).

Trustee John McKee was pleased to see people understood the importance of classroom supports for students.

Review of instructional funding allocation formula Livingstone Range School Board last week approved its instructional funding allocation formula.

The instructional funding allocation formula was presented Wednesday during the school board’s April 8 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

The school board typically would have reviewed the draft document in March.

Trustees requested public input this year due to changes to government funding of education.

That took place in

March through an on-line survey.

“It’s important to remember that in the up-coming year the funding that we will receive will be similar to what we received this year,” associate superintendent of business affairs Jeff Perry said.

“No major changes have been recommended for the instructional funding allocation formula. In future years there could be some changes.”

The allocation for teaching positions takes into consideration factors such as class size, prep time, administration of the school and learning support.

The allocation for learning support positions is handled from central office based on identified needs to ensure staffing levels are consistent at all schools.

Learning support includes administrative assistants, learning commons facilitators, educational assistants, child youth care workers and speech assistants.

The ECS to Grade 12 education allocation is what remains after funding for plants, transportation, administration and the instructional pool are removed.

The formulas for home school and English as a Second Language (ESL) basically have not changed, Perry said.

Perry noted, however, ESL funding in future will be allocated based on projected enrollment, not the

actual number of students.

The anticipation is the amount received from the province will be divided equally among schools with ESL students.

“That’s a small change there, only because of the way we receive funds,” Perry said.

A new component is allocating a set amount of funding to schools with larger population of First Nations, Metis and Inuit students.

“The reason we allocate that out in an amount is that the school is in the best position to identify the needs and to be able to respond to those needs,” Perry said.

The formula continues to call for Hutterite school funding to be sent to the colony as it has in past.

The small school allocation is a calculation to recognize the lack of economies of scale in small schools. There is an additional allocation to ensure those schools meet the needs.

The ninth and final statement in the instructional funding allocation formula gives management the ability to adjust and meet the needs that are context-based at the school level.

“Those are not major changes but some minor changes that more accurately reflect how we receive funds and how we anticipate meeting the needs in the context of each school,” Perry said.

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Editorial It’s late at night on day whatever of COVID-19 and my three boys are sleeping after an exhausting day of doing nothing, when I open up the news and see the tragedy that took place in Nova Scotia after a gunman killed 18 people in a senseless act of violence. This monster went on a 12-hour rampage that began late last Saturday in the small community of Portapique, one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history.

In the blink of an eye, people’s lives are irrevocably changed. I could feel the heartbreak in the article, the heartbreak of a nation.

After my brother died in a car accident in the Frank Slide, my family changed and not in good ways. When I was in high school, I wasn’t allowed to drive with my friends in their cars. My mom was terrified that I, like my brother, would die as a passenger in a car. My mom kept close tabs on me throughout my teenage years. If I was a few minutes late checking in, my mom would have full-on panic attacks. It was an awful way to grow up but as I’ve become a mom, I understand where her mindset was. She was terrified something would happen to me.

I can’t imagine the anxiety she went though as she tried her best to give me a relatively normal life after such a huge loss.

When I decided to have kids, I always said I would have three because if something happened to one of them, they wouldn’t be left an only child.

I know it’s a morbid way to think, but that’s my normal.

The country will never get over the tragic loss of these people in Nova Scotia. The victims include an elementary teacher, two health-care workers, a family of three and an RCMP officer, among others.

It will go down in history as one of our great tragedies.

What it does do is make sure we take account of what we have and how quickly it can be taken from us. I grew up with loss, so I’m very cognizant of appreciating my kids every single second of every single day.

My boys know I’m a freak about them driving with people, whether it’s a short or long trip. I give them freedom but they know the expectations I have about keeping in touch and letting me know they are safe. If they don’t call with an, “I’m safe mom”, panic sets in pretty fast for me.

When you deal with tragedy, it’s really a loss of our innocence. We as humans think we are in control and it’s situations like last week that show us we are merely cogs in a big machine called life.

Some get the luck and don’t face this type of tragedy and others get it firsthand.

So after reading the news article, I got out of bed and kissed all three of my boys on their foreheads and thanked God for another day with these amazing souls I was given the privilege of raising.

It’s something I usually do on the regular but that night, with sadness in my heart, the kisses were extra long.

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What we are learning by COVID-19 Dear Editor; Look, I don't care if some people say that this is all just some big conspiracy. That our governments are not telling us everything. That maybe they are just hiding something from us. It doesn't matter if the numbers are being exaggerated, inflated or not. Who cares if it ends up that the flu really does kill more people per year. Maybe that should be a much bigger concern instead. We see our government representatives making rules that they, themselves, are not willing to follow. We have seen just how quickly people can be moved to panic in the face of an unseen enemy. We have seen the masses following blindly, by panic shopping and hoarding items.

We have also seen the darker underbelly of society, those who try to profit off of fear, high demand and tragedy.

I will tell you what does matter instead. It is that people are being brought closer together, even though people have to be apart. Families are spending more quality time with each other.

Children are learning new skills, that they may not have otherwise had the chance to learn, while they are young. Parents are seeing what it is like to homeschool their children and maybe, just for once,

come to realize just how much teachers do for their children, and put up with on a daily basis. Parents have found a new respect, admiration and appreciation for these teachers.

Families are spending huge amounts of quality family time playing games together, baking, cooking, doing arts and crafts, and even spreading the love to other people, by way of many of these arts and crafts. People are really, for once, socializing and not being nose deep into a screen of some sort. However, many are using that technology to share, socialize and spread that same love and appreciation to others that they can not spend in person time with.

Everyone is finding out how important nurses, health care aides, doctors and other medical and emergency personnel are. That these real people are much more important than actors, TV personalities, sports players and other highly paid celebrities. That maybe these real people should be shown that appreciation by being paid their worth, instead of idolizing those who just basically “put on a show” for us. That those who entertain, are nowhere near as important to society, than are those who are in the health care industry.

These real people matter.

These real people care.

These real people should be fairly compensated for their dedication, time and commitment.

We are learning a new definition of what “essential services” are and who those people are, that provide those services. Suddenly the stock boy, cashier, or cook at your local restaurant, is more than just a menial position. They are braving the front lines to serve and feed us. They are putting their own health at risk, by still showing up to work every day and helping us. Those low paid minimum wage jobs have become the lifeline to our survival. We are learning the faces of those hard-working, dedicated souls, who put it all on the line for us, so that we can stay safe in our homes, well-fed in body and in mind.

We are also finding out just how unprepared our health system really is, in the case of something truly disastrous happening. We now know that we need proper medical equipment, that we just do not have enough, if any, available. We are finding out some terrible truths about many of our senior care facilities; the places that we trust to take good care of our elder family members. We are finding out that the system really is

failing us and our families. We have come to count on the government, businesses and other's to tend to and take care of our elderly and infirm.

What instead we have found, is that there are huge holes and gaps in that care. That behind closed doors, much more nefarious things are happening. Our eyes have been opened, our trust broken and our hearts outraged. Now is the time to call for accountability.

Now is the time to hold our government and businesses responsible. They seem to forget that we pay their salary. We provide the profit that they luxuriate in. We giveith and “WE” can take it away. Now is the time to stand up and have our voices heard. We will not sacrifice ourselves and our families for other people's gain.

The world, coming to a quiet standstill, is our time for self-reflection and introspection. It's time to quietly reflect upon where we are, who we have become and what we have progressed to. Can this world keep up with itself?

Can we keep blindly going forward, hoping that tomorrow will still come and that we will still be here to see it? We know the sun will rise tomorrow, but what kind of world will it rise upon?

What kind of world do we want it to be?

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I’m on what seems to be day 1,569 (it’s actually day 35) of social distancing and working from home.

Days are just kind of happening and for many, including myself, there are some weeks you aren’t sure what day it actually is.

It’s times like this I’m truly grateful for the technology we have in today’s world.

Over the last month or so, I’ve been able to stay connected with family and friends through a few different ways.

I’ve been able to play video games online with my friends and stay in touch that way.

I’ve been holding zoom meetings with family and friends on a weekly basis I’ve also been using Face Time with family throughout this time as well.

Recently, I began playing Settlers of Catan online with my brother and oldest nephew (we’ll skip over the part where we’ve played three games and I’m yet to win, while my 8-year-old nephew has either won or finished ahead of me every time).

I’ve been able to cover some positive things this week as well.

This week, teachers at Kids Kollege put together a small parade with the help of Dodge Davis in Fort Macleod so they could still somewhat interact with the kids they teach and see some smiling faces.

I also attended the crawl drive-by at the local hospital put on by Fire and Rescue, RCMP and EMS to show support for our health care workers.

There are still so many positive things we can find in our community right now.

It’s taken some getting used to my new normal but now that I’ve done it for a while, I find that I could have it much worse than I do.

We can all find different ways to get through this time.

Call a family member or friends you haven’t talked to in a while and make it a weekly or even daily thing.

Give yourself a set schedule of events on a day-today basis to give yourself some stability.

The sun is finally shining again so get outside and go for a walk.

There are so many small things we can do to help others and ourselves through this trying time.

While it’s difficult to say how long this will last, if we all do our part and stay as positive as possible, I’m sure we’ll make it through.

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coleman Large, flat lot with sunny exposure and big, mountain views. Large 3 bedroom home to be sold 'AS IS'.

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BlaIRmoRe One of a kind historic brick home located on an extra-large corner lot in Blairmore. This five-bedroom, four-bathroom home was built in 1920 with brick.. Self-contained apartment on second level. Amazing decks and backyard. Huge lot. Possibility of building another home without compromising the existing living and outdoor spaces. 24’ x 38’ garage, large garden shed and fenced RV parking. Phenomenal value and potential. $619,000 CALL JOHN MLS

BelleVUe Fantastic opportunity for commercial location along busy Highway 3. East and West bound traffic access. Currently occupied as a successful fly-fishing shop, known to fly fishermen throughout Canada and the U.S. Can be sold as a business to someone wishing for a change of pace or for a property that can be re-purposed. C1 zoning allows for different opportunities.

High traffic volume in front of the property. $435,000 CALL JOHN MLS

neaR WaTeRTon 12.68 acres south from Pincher Creek near Waterton National Park. Out buildings include a barn and a shop. There are corrals and a good size dugout.

Good pasture and hay. Good property for horses. The property is to be sold “As Is”. Fantastic place to build your dream home. $279,000 CALL JOHN MLS

BlaIRmoRe Bright, open living space in beautiful Blairmore neighbourhood. Newly updated 2+1 bedroom bungalow located on extra large corner lot at bottom of Sartoris staging area. Large windows capture spectacular mountain views. Close to school, shopping, ski hill and backcountry adventure. Workshop space in basement.

22'x24' double car garage. $294,500 CALL JOHN MLS

lUnDBReck HoTel Live and work next to magnificent Alberta Rockies in Lundbreck.

Large cinderblock building includes a restaurant, tavern, seven rooms, plus spacious manager's suite. 1.57 acres of land allows for plenty of parking. Large lawn. Huge garage.

Close to Crowsnest/Castle rec area. Affordable opportunity for a new lifestyle. $250,000 CALL JOHN MLS

24 IRonSTone 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom, bungalow with vaulted ceilings and open floor plan. Hardwood flooring, alder wood cabinets and quartz counters. Stainless steel appliances and gas fireplace. Master suite with large walk-in closet and 3-piece bathroom. Double car garage. Main floor laundry hookups and downstairs laundry. Spacious family room downstairs with wide stairway. Ample parking and beautiful green space. $345,000 CALL JOHN MLS

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8 – Crowsnest Pass HeraLD – Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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The Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and taking all necessary precautions to support the health and safety of our members, team and community members. We are working remotely to try and keep you as updated as possible, you can continue to reach us by phone (403-562-7108) or email (office@crowsnestpasschamber.ca). During these hard times we will see a lot of people hurting and vulnerable, we encourage you to show compassion and empathy. We will get through this, but it is important we all stay strong, healthy and continue to practice all the preventative measures in order to make that happen.

WAYS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES WHILE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING: • Share social media updates • Order takeout/delivery • Buy merchandise online • Attend online classes • Buy a gift card • Leave a review • Read your local newspaper As tough as this situation has been, we have seen our local businesses increase their support for one another, highlight their innovative sides and decorate their windows with messages of support/silly faces/teddy bears and hearts. Thank you to our local businesses for going above and beyond to try to continue to provide our community with their amazing services. Please visit www.crowsnestpasschamber.ca for a listing of information and resources for the COVID-19 pandemic. You can also follow us on Facebook to receive updates on Local businesses and government announcements.

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10 – CROWSneST PASS HeRALD – Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Understanding Restrictions and Current Fire ban DAviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

With Covid-19 comes uncertainty in many areas.

One of those is what people are ant aren’t allowed to do currently regarding outdoor activities like going for walks or bike rides.

For the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Fire Chief and Manager of Protective Services, Jesse Fox, says the municipality is basing all their recommendation off of what Alberta Health Services is saying.

“Everything that were following is from Alberta Health Services recommendations. For our emergency or protective services, we can give advice but all that advice is based off of what AHS is

saying.”

The best palce to find information on the pandemic from the municipality is on the municipal website.

Province wide information can also be found at alberta.ca There is also a fire ban that is currently in place across the Forest Protection Area that includes the Crowsnest Pass.

Fox says that blanket bans aren’t uncommon for this area.

“Alberta Agriculture and Forestry have control of many different zones inside Alberta. One of those is the Calgary Forest Area or the Forest Protection Area, which we are very much integrated with in the Crowsnest Pass. To make it easy on

everybody, we just follow suit with Forestry's recommendations for their fire bans. We do this every year in the municipality.

This is not unique to Covid. When Forestry puts on, in any given year, an advisory, restriction or ban we follow suit with them.”

Fox also understands that people may be confused with the ban in the Pass currently but says it’s the broader area that’s being thought about right now.

“I know you look outside now and there's snow, so people are wondering why we'd have a fire ban. The purpose behind the ban as it sits right now, it's not so much the risk inside our municipality, it's to limit the amount of times we need to get

our emergency services personnel together to go take care of an incident should one happen. In the Calgary Forest Area, they have a lot of dry grass in the area so they do typically blanket restrictions.”

According to Fox, there are two main reasons fire bans are put in place like this.

“One is simplicity for our municipality, and two is to lessen the chance of having an incident where all of our emergency services and Forestry's emergency services would have to assemble together to take care of that problem.”

The following information was taken from the Municipality’s Facebook Page: The Province issued the fire and OHV ban on

NOTICE FROM PASS HERALD To do our part in limiting the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the Pass Herald will begin working modified hours.

We will still be working hard to bring you updates and news on a weekly basis.

Anyone who has anything they would like covered can contact us at either passherald@shaw.ca or davidselles97@gmail.com.

The Pass Herald will continue to cover events and accept advertising so we can print weekly issues.

The Crowsnest Pass Herald is currently available for Online Subscription at passherald.ca

If you have any concerns contact Lisa on her cell at 403-563-8814

the Forest Protection Area (FPA) which encompasses a large portion of our Municipality including several of the urbanized areas. This has created a lot of confusion in the past, as residents don’t know where these lines are and across the road from one another, two houses have different rules. To alleviate this confusion, the Municipality mirrors the FPA restrictions.

In coordination with the province, a fire ban will be in effect for the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass and the Forest Protection Area surrounding the Crowsnest Pass April 15 at 2:00pm.

The ban will include an immediate suspension of all previously authorized fireworks and fire permits, and no new fireworks or fire permits will be issued until further notice. Backyard fire pits and/or burning activities are prohibited during this ban.

FROM ALBERTA WILDFIRE To help reduce the risk of spring wildfires, Alberta Wildfire is taking a number of steps to help ensure the province can

effectively focus resources where they are needed most, as part of our COVID-19 response plan.

Measures include: + A fire ban in the Forest Protection Area including the areas surrounding the Crowsnest Pass, provincial parks and protected areas + Recreational offhighway vehicle (OHV) ban on Crown land in the Forest Protection Area, including the areas surrounding the Crowsnest Pass + Fines are being doubled from $300 to $600 for non-compliance with a fire and from $600 to $1,200 for non-compliance with an OHV restriction + An additional $5 million investment to hire and train 200 high-quality firefighters to assist with provincial wildfire suppression. + $20 million in funding for community FireSmart initiatives, which helps reduce wildfire risks around at-risk communities in Alberta and help mitigate wildfire damages and losses.

Last year, 71 per cent of wildfires were humancaused and entirely preventable.

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NOTICE OF HEARING ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD Crowsnest/Pincher Creek Landfill Association EPEA Amending Approval No.18701-02-01 Appeal No.: EAB 18-011 Amending Approval No.18701-02-01 The Environmental Appeals Board will hold a hearing via written submissions beginning on July 2, 2020 with respect to the June 23, 2018 decision of the Director, South Saskatchewan Region, Operations Division, Alberta Environment and Parks, to issue Amending Approval No. 18701-02-01 to the Crowsnest/Pincher Creek Landfill Association for the construction and maintenance of a Class II Landfill with an incinerator.

Interventions Any person, other than the parties, who wishes to make a representation before the Board on this appeal must submit a request in writing by fax or by e-mail to the Board at the fax number or e-mail address set out below. The request must be received by the Board on or before May 11, 2020. It is your responsibility to ensure that your request is received by the Board by May 11, 2020. Such a request shall (a) contain the name, address, e-mail, and telephone and fax numbers of the person submitting the request, (b) indicate whether the person submitting the request intends to be represented by a lawyer Viewing Documents Please contact the Board for information regarding the file in or agent and, if so, the name of the lawyer or agent, (c) contain a summary of the nature of the person’s interest in this appeal, this matter. and (d) be signed by the person submitting the request.

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My world has shrunk to a two room apartment, three counting the bathroom. I am allowed out to buy groceries which I cheat on a little by going three times to the market once a month. I go to the ATM near the beach and all of these outings are about eight blocks return trip. I appreciate them but they are not equal to the five to ten kilometer walks I was formerly doing every morning as well as random outings to meet friends for lunch or coffee or to play cards. In retrospect, one of my favorites was taking my clothes to the laundry, which was a real luxury.

Both my bedroom and kitchen are large which I think increases the sense of loneliness. On the plus side it means there is more to clean. Which passes time..

I clean light switches, taps, cupboard handles. Stove controls, sinks, and fridge doors every day. Floors get washed every 3 days and laundry is every two days.

Cooking of course is every day I've gotten really good at making soup. I don't think I'll ever buy another can of soup. I have also learned the names for a lot of spices and foods in Spanish. If you ask for ginger in the market, all you'll get is a blank stare. If you ask for albahaca, they will bring you basil. They are all out of apples but they usually have manzanas which look and taste just like apples.

Cabrito is young goat, which is truly delicious. Fish names are all very different.

My favorites are Perrico [Mahi Mahi], and Bonito a type of small tuna. Fillets of Perrico cost $3.50 CAD /kilo and Bonito about #2.00. Fresh meats and produce are plentiful and cheap. Anything imported is very costly. Anyway, back to daily life or routines. Cooking and cleaning obviously take up a good portion of every day. But there are a lot of hours to fill. There is a big difference between being in the house for 10 hours a day and 24 hours. Luckily I do have a phone with Whats app and Internet. My kids are very good about calling, and I talk to family and friends for 3-4 hours per day. It's not the same as person to person but it is a huge boost to my spirits. I spend at least 3 hours a day listening to news outlets around the world and another hour or so reading reports and stories. I've watched just about everything on net flicks. As you can see my days are full if not completely satisfying. I spend a lot of time reflecting on life and values in different societies, which I will discuss next time. Keep your guards up. This virus thing is not going away soon.

Rick Belliveau

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Heritage News creates Crowssword Puzzle DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

A new way to pass the time has been created by the Heritage News.

Ian McKenzie is the current editor of Heritage News, a free, online quarterly newsletter of the Crowsnest Heritage

Initiative.

McKenzie says that each of the past 58 issues has featured one or more articles on interesting but little-known aspects of Pass Heritage.

The idea for this crossword came from wanting to give people something to do.

“The idea for a crossword puzzle came from a wish to give housebound history-lovers something to do, and to promote the re-reading of past issues of our newsletter.”

McKenzie says he came up with the idea on his own and was also a

way for him to keep busy right now.

“It took me awhile to research and design the crossword, which helped keep me busy at home too!”

As for where people can find the crossword, McKenzie says it can be found online.

“The crossword was emailed to all of our regular subscribers, and is available to anyone online. All of the newsletter back-issues which are essential to solving the crossword puzzle are available online at w w w. c r o w s n e s t h e r itage.ca by clicking on

the ‘heritage newsletter’ link on the home page.”

Currently, McKenzie doesn’t have plans to create a second puzzle but that may change in the coming months.

So far this is our only special project, but we’ll see how it goes over the coming months.”

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12 – CROWSNEST PaSS hERald – Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Blue skies smiling at me, Nothing but blue skies do I see, Bluebirds singing a song, Nothing but bluebirds all day long.

- Irving Berlin, Blue Skies, 1927

Looking Back

By John Kinnear

The males are small flying wonders, pieces cut from the bluest sky. They take wing each spring here in the foothills and most times give you but a brief, fleeting glimpse of their spectacularly cerulean blue foliage. Sialia Currucoides is the Latin name for that beautiful harbinger of spring, the Mountain Bluebird, and they have come back to our mountains and foothills once again this year, as they always have.

Last year, on April 12th, my daughter Kelly and I went out to North Burmis Road to help out our dear friends and long-time blue birders, Gordie and Mary Bayes. The Bayes have been cleaning, maintaining and installing bluebird boxes out their way for 17 years now on what they call the old North Burmis Road. It is a disused trail east of the existing access road that wends its way south and east along the bottom of a low ridge dotted with limber pine. There is barbwire fencing along the road and it seems like it is perfect bluebird country. Fence posts, wires for perching, a smattering of trees and serenity.

You’ve probably noticed bluebird boxes in your travels along rural roads, attached to fence posts or mounted to trees just off a road. Bluebird nesting boxes are designed to be attractive to bluebirds, simple in design and construction, easy to monitor, and resistant to inclement weather and predators. There are some very specific design criteria for them, including the entrance hole diameter, the sloping roof pitch with an overhang and the all- important hinged front panel for cleaning them out. Bluebird boxes also need ventilation holes in the roof and in the floor and should be installed facing east, away from the prevailing winds and the strong afternoon heat.

There is some discussion about spacing of the nest boxes and local blue birder Denise Coccioloni-Amatto suggested to me that most are spaced entirely too close together. According to Denise they should be at least 0.8 of a kilometer apart (½ mile) apart. Most bluebird trails I have seen around the Pass are substantially less than that and some Internet sites suggest more like 300 yards apart. The issue here is allowing the territorial bluebird male enough area to defend his nest site from competitors and predators, which he does while the female sits on the nest.

On that fine April morning on the eastern flank of the Livingstone Range, the Bayes and my daughter and I worked our way south along that old trail, checking boxes, replacing some weathered and worn-out ones and fixing up the ones that were still habitable. The crocuses and rooster heads were out and the clear mountain air carried the invigorating smell of spring and regrowth.

A couple of boxes already had eggs in them, which we deduced were not bluebird eggs, as they were white not light blue. Another clue that they were more likely tree swallows, was the fact that the nest was lined with feathers, something bluebirds typically do not do.

Tree swallows, unlike starlings, can fit through the 1 ½ inch diameter hole, the size that is specified for bluebird boxes. Swallows have been systematically displacing bluebirds on these trails and are having an impact on their overall numbers. According to Denise, “At one time swallows’ eggs were deliberately destroyed when found in the boxes but that, thankfully, is no longer the case. Swallows will happily nest close together so when boxes are placed too close it encourages swallows rather than bluebirds.”

I was surprised to learn that Denise, along with fellow bluebird enthusiast Cindy Wilson, have been managing over 100 bluebird boxes themselves. Their routes are mostly west of Coleman on roadways like the Chinook Lake (Alison Road) access, where there are 28 boxes to tend. Denise prefers to clean them out in the fall and then do a double check on them in the early spring. You will find bluebird boxes along Tecumseh Road, the Drain Property area, and north of Bohomolec’s Ranch. It is always a delight in early spring to drive into these areas and watch for that elusive flick of blue or spot a male seated on the barbed wire next to a box.

That April day we found no evidence of bluebird eggs but the season was still early and many boxes showed no sign of occupation yet. We systematically stopped at each box, stripped it out if unoccupied, checked its stability and moved on to the next. By the end of the day it was nice to glance back down that old trail and know that the 20 or so nest boxes were ready for another year.

I called Roxanne McKenzie, who also lives on North Burmis Road, to chat about bluebirds and the banding process. Roxanne was trained by the much- respected blue birder Gwen Tietz, whom we lost in 2015 at the age of 54. Roxanne was drawn in by Gwen to help with the always tricky process of banding and took over for Gwen. As you can imagine, this is much more intensive than the cleanup and maintenance process and involves weekly checks of boxes, packing a lunch and being out there for days with over a 100 or more boxes to monitor. Young swallow chicks can look very similar to bluebird chicks so one really has to be careful.

Roxanne spent 10 years in the program before retiring from it but shared some insights into technique and behavior that I found interesting. The males she said, arrive 3 weeks earlier than the females and work hard at finding an attractive nest box or cavity. Competition is fierce over cavity sites and they try to arrive before the tree swallows. According to Roxanne they put on quite a show, flying in and out of the house and then waiting for her to inspect their choice. Most females are more preoccupied with the site location and its potential to raise a clutch safely with a good food supply than they are with the male’s finery.

A good site location for nest box maintenance and bluebird success would be to place them near native grass or pasture with a few trees nearby. Bluebird males are busy foragers, and being insectivores, they haul back all manner of bugs like grasshoppers, grubs, beetle, spiders and moths to the female and her brood in the nest. According to Roxanne, swallows, on the other hand, will eat their own weight in mosquitoes a day. She also said a bluebird nest is discernable from a swallow’s nest by the fact that swallows build large, shallow, sloppy nests while the bluebird’s is a perfectly shaped cup that fills the box.

There is so much to learn about these remarkable birds and the continuing man-made planned restoration of this iconic ambassador of spring. What really shocked me was to learn was that the dazzling blue colour of the male bluebird is not exactly what meets the eye. I recall being surprised to learn that polar bears are in fact not white and that each individual hair on the bear is a clear hollow tube (guard hair) which looks white because of reflected light. Then I learned that bluebird feathers are not blue. What? No, it seems that azure sparkle is a visual trick of sorts. The bluebird colour is structural as opposed to pigmental.

Bluer Than the Sky

No bird can make blue pigment. What we see is light waves interacting with tiny air pockets and melanin pigment crystals in each feather. Colours like red and yellow come from carotenoids (the food birds eat) but the blue is strictly optical. When I learned this I thought about my spectacular blue and gold macaw parrot Jonah or the blue jay that went screaming through my yard last week. You’re telling me that two foot long blue tail feather from my macaw is in fact not really blue?

It matters not how the bluebird gets his sky-blue appearance but that he comes back each year to bring joy to the eye of the beholder.

And when you see clouds up on a hill You know they'll bring crowds of daffodils So just keep looking for a bluebird And listening for his song Whenever April showers come along Sung by Judy Garland Author’s Note. The year before bluebird advocate and educator Gwen Tietz passed she received the coveted Ellis Bird Farm Blue Feather award for her remarkable service and significant contribution to bluebird conservation in Alberta. Whenever I see a bluebird box I think of Gwen, who was, at one time, an active member of the Crowsnest Conservation Society.

Male and female bluebirds on nest box - Ron Asp Photography, Looking north on the North Burmis bluebird trail, Mary Bayes working on a box, Nest box with swallow eggs, Gordie Bayes replacing an older box - John Kinnear photos, A piece of the sky takes wing - Ron Asp Photography.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - crowsnest PAss HerALD - 13

A Paw Patrol Kind of Day Mrs. A, Teacher Lindsay and Teacher Kylee from Kids Kollege, along with the help of Dodge Davis in Fort Macleod, commuted around the Crowsnest Pass on Wednesday, April 15th. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kids Kollege was forced to close its doors earlier than usual.

The teachers have been attempting to stay in contacts with the families and students and with the help of Dodge Davis, were able to have a parade with Chase and Sky of Paw Patrol!

David Selles photo

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - crowsnest PAss HerALD - 15

~ OBITUARIES ~ Obituary

PETER CAMPBELL KINNEAR February 9, 1954 ~ April 1, 2020

Peter Kinnear was born to Bill and Nettie Kinnear in Coleman, Alberta and he passed away at the age of 66 in Bellevue, Alberta.

Peter loved everything about the small-town atmosphere of the Crowsnest Pass and especially the outdoor pursuits the Pass offered. He loved downhill skiing, hiking and biking, gardening, and music - especially Bob Dylan. Summers were spent on family road trips camping in his beloved VW camper vans, and winters were spent skiing. The ‘boys’ ski trips to Jackson Hole and Whistler were epic. He graduated from the University of Calgary in Geography, and had an encyclopedic memory for trivia and more important topics. Peter was proud of his career in natural resource planning and regulatory affairs that started with the Alberta government and progressed to the Alberta legislature, ERCB, Nova Scotia Power and Canadian Natural Resources. His was life well-lived and he will remain with us in precious memories.

Peter is survived by his sons, Stuart (Amanda) and Fraser Kinnear; his grandson, William; his former wife, Patricia; his sisters, Janice (Bob) Reeve of Coleman and Randy Pierzchala of Golden BC; as well as many nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.

A Memorial Service honouring Peter’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be gratefully accepted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation (www.heartandstroke.ca). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

Fantin’s Funeral Chapel entrusted with the arrangements. (403) 562-8555

Obituary

DIANE KAREN BURWELL (Née: Svoboda) August 13, 1952 ~ April 1, 2020

Let me tell you about the “Best Mom Ever”. Her name was Diane Karen Burwell and she was born on August 13, 1952 to proud and loving parents, Joseph and Helen Svoboda. She was caring, kind, always smiling and beautiful inside and out. Even when Diane passed away in her son’s arms at their home on April 1, 2020, her strength and courage were unmatched.

Diane was not only educated through traditional schooling and insatiable reading, but through everyone she met. She gave herself selflessly to others, asking nothing in return, and she never judged. Diane’s commitment to her community was evident in so many ways. She donated library books and co-donated Lego sets to the Lundbreck School, she tutored children and adults in a variety of subjects, and she spent countless hours teaching elementary school children to read along with other valuable life lessons.

Music was Diane’s passion. She loved to sing, play the guitar, piano, drums and other percussion instruments, and she taught music.

Over the years, Diane performed in bands, orchestras, at music festivals and church functions, and she passed her musical gifts on to an abundance of students. She also enjoyed attending concerts and listening to an array of musical genres.

In her quieter moments, Diane liked to complete fill-it-in puzzles, as well as having board game, television and movie nights. Nothing made Diane happier than spending time with her son, Joseph. He was her pride and joy; she loved him with her whole heart and soul.

They were an unstoppable mom and son team.

Diane had endless patience with life. No matter what challenge she was presented with, she met and conquered it with determination and grace. Diane’s enormous capacity to love was reciprocated by all who were blessed with her friendship. She will live on in the hearts she leaves behind.

Left to celebrate her life is her devoted son, Joseph Burwell and her “princess”, Raven Paw the cat.

She was predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Helen Svoboda; her grandparents; and her aunts and uncles.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations toward funeral arrangements and other expenses will be gratefully accepted at any Royal Bank of Canada Branch (Transit 01109, Account 5025804). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

Fantin’s Funeral Chapel entrusted with the arrangements. (403) 562-8555

Obituary

WILLIAM TANNER Sr. 1949 ~ 2020

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of William James Tanner Sr, beloved husband of Gloria Tanner, recently of Coleman, Alberta. Bill succumbed to cancer on April 13, 2020 at the Crowsnest Pass Health Care Centre at the age of 70 years. He fought a valiant fight and his determination will forever be admired.

Bill was born on May 15, 1949 in Cranbrook, BC to proud parents, Lewis and Mary Anne Tanner. He was raised with an appreciation for family, faith, hard work and a calm demeanour. His aptitude for mechanics and operating equipment allowed him to gain an apprenticeship in mechanics in Nelson, BC but that was not meant to be as his first day at work never occurred due to the shop burning down.

He found employment in the logging industry felling trees and driving truck. Bill worked in the bush in the East Kootenays and Crowsnest Pass and drove truck throughout North America. He operated many types of heavy equipment and portable sawmills; he was a hardworking man everyone could depend on. He was burdened with health issues from an early age but it never hampered his positive attitude or determination.

Bill captured the heart of a lovely and graceful young lady, Gloria Needham, who was his high school sweetheart and they were married on November 4, 1967. They were further blessed with three children whom they raised with unconditional love and affection.

When Bill wasn’t working, he enjoyed the outdoors collecting firewood, hunting, fishing, breaking and riding horses in the backwoods and into the occasional pub for a laugh. His greatest joy was found with this family – precious moments with his beloved wife, cherished sons and grandchildren. He will be dearly missed but fondly remembered.

Left to mourn his passing and celebrate his life include his devoted wife, Gloria Tanner of the Crowsnest Pass; his sons, Willy (Jessica Goodwin) Tanner Jr, Dennis Tanner and Keith (Crystal Chapman) Tanner; his grandkids, Kyle, Kody, Casey, Mary, Blake and Nicole; his brothers, Ron, Larry (Gayle) and Tim; his sisters, Lois, Carol and Debbie; as well as his extended family and many friends. He was predeceased by his parents, Lewis and Mary; his brother, Patrick; his step-mom, Lorretta; his sisters-in-law, Patty and Cathy and brother-in-law, Tim Willey.

Due to the pandemic, memorial services will be postponed until a later date. Doantions in memory of the late William Tanner Sr, may be made to the CNP Health Fdn, Box 455, Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0. Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

Fantin’s Funeral Chapel entrusted with the arrangements. (403) 562-8555

16 – Crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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This week’s Home Page photos were sent to us by Stacy William Head. Stacy is an Alberta based landscape photographer that often utilizes long exposure techniques in his work to create a sense of time and surrealism. He is an official NiSi photographer and ambassador for Canada and distributor/reseller of NiSi professional filter kits. He is also sponsored by LowePro and FotoPro. Most of his work can be found on Instagram as @sentinelphotography. A big thank you to Stacy for sending these photos to us that capture the amazing beauty of the Crowsnest Pass! Also, make sure to keep sending us your photos for future editions of our Home Page! !"#$%$&'($)*+,-+%.,/0#10)+&'00+ !"#$%&'"(')&*&+",-&!#',&.-$#' !"#$%$&'($)*+,-+%.,/0#10)+&'00+ ('#2+"01+3*('/+#45+67689:;<+ !"#$%&'"(')&*&+",-&!#',&.-$#' MUNICIPALITY OF ('#2+"01+3*('/+#45+67689:;<+

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