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The Crownsest Golf Club was able to open their course on Wednesday May 27th. Beautiful weather provided the perfect backdrop to open their 100th Anniversary season. The Club is working their hardest to provide safe conditions for golfers across southern Alberta during the Covid-19 pandemic and are following strict guidelines put in place by the province. Tee times can be booked online or by phoning the course.
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Hillcrest Ball Diamond destruction of fencing update Administration looks at way to mitigate municipal future infastruction destruction DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter Council held a discussion surrounding potential ways to limit damage to the fields surrounding the Hillcrest Ball Diamonds during their latest council meeting. After the gate was recently broken down again back in April, Council discussed their possible ways of moving forward.
Manager of Community Services, Trent Smith, says that the only damage being done to municipal property is the breaking of the gate but adds that the nearby fields being destroyed is provincial land. Local Fish and Wildlife Officer, John Clarke, says he first noticed damage to the land last year. “It started last year where the municipality
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started locking the gates up for access into that area. People were destroying the locks and breaking the gate to get in. Then what was happening is the field in the back of the area was purchased by the government and people are driving back there and making a mess.” Clarke adds that it has been a bit of an ongoing cycle recently with the gate being fixed then broken again and says depending on the time of year, damage to land can be worse. “It got worse and the
gate was fixed and closed again and then it was broken again and at different times of year it's worse and there are more ruts.” The land was originally purchased by the government with the Land Stewardship Fund to protect the area as a wildlife corridor from north to south. Clarke says it makes perfect sense for that area and says he doesn’t understand why people drive their vehicles in that area. “It's such a nice area for wildlife and for peo-
ple to go to. There's no reason to take trucks back there because there's nowhere to really go. It takes a long time for it to recover. The municipality has placed rocks to block entrance to the back field and Clarke says public lands also placed three signs in the area informing people that they can be charged if anyone enters that section with a motorized vehicle. According to Smith, the municipality now plans to leave the gate open as the rocks have made it much more diffi-
Community Futures and COVID-19 Community Future boosts financial relief for local small businesses Community Futures Small businesses in Crowsnest Pass impacted by COVID-19 pandemic can now access additional financial relief and recovery support. Community Futures will begin offering tailored small business loans as
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part of the Government of Canada’s Regional Relief and Recovery Fund. These partially forgivable loans ensure that rural businesses, that do not qualify for other federal business support programs, receive help and support as a result of this crisis. “As the impacts of COVID-19 continue to mount, more and more local businesses are
falling through the cracks,” said Phyllis Maki, Executive Director of Community Futures Network of Alberta. “These urgent calls for support have reached across the province and our Western network, and we are pleased that the voices of local businesses have been heard.” The funding is part of an announced $95.7 million for the Commu-
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cult for people to gain access to the land. Another reason Clarke is happy to see these changes to the area is that it was more than just damage to the land that was occurring. “People are dumping garbage and vehicle parts back there. It wasn't just people going there with their trucks and making a mess there was stuff being thrown back there.” The municipality hopes that with the added rock barricade, there will no longer be damage to the field.
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In the lIne of fIre Between May 25 and June 1, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 80 calls for service including the following reported incidents. One (1) assaults, one (1) break and enter (residential), one (1) fraud/forgery, five (5) threats/harassments, two (2) mischief (vandalism), seven (7) thefts, four (4) impaired driving, three (3) disturbing the peace, two (2) other criminal codes, seven (7) other provincial statutes, nineteen (19) driving complaints, three (3) motor vehicle collisions, nine (9) assistance to general public, four (4) suspicious occurrences, three (3) assistance to other agencies, two (2) 911 calls (invalid), two (2) false alarms, one (1) animal call and four (4) municipal bylaws. Damage to Trailer On May 26th, 2020, there was a complaint of
damage to a trailer on 79 Street in Coleman. It appears to have been damaged by a BB gun. Thefts On May 27th, 2020, there was a complaint of theft of a black BMC mountain bike, Speed Fox, with red pedals from 21 Ave in Frank. On May 28th, 2020, there was a complaint of theft of a power washer and two Cooper tires from a building site in Lundbreck. Impaired Driving On May 28th, 2020, a 58-year-old male was arrested for impaired driving and possession of a controlled substance. He was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court and his vehicle was seized and towed. On May 28th, 2020, there was a complaint of a possible impaired driver. The vehicle was located and the driver was issued a 24-hour drivers licence
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suspension. Traffic Stop On May 31st, 2020, there was a traffic stop conducted on a vehicle. A 17-year-old driver admitted to drinking and his drivers licence was suspended for 30 days. His vehicle was towed. Theft On June 1st, 2020, there was a complaint of a stolen licence plate from a parked vehicle in Lundbreck. The theft occurred sometime over the past few months. 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. Please call to make appointment at 403 562 2867. Be aware of a new scam. Victims get phone calls from someone pre-
The Simple Raven’s Post by Avner Perl
Seniors ‘just’ rant
Safety is very important to seniors and so are leisure activities. I am sitting at my window watching my pond. In the spring it is often filled with water from the Blairmore ski hill runoffs. This year it is overflowing and flooding the whole forest behind it and ducks are swimming, some nesting. Right next to it is my fireplace, as safe as humanly possible to make, but I can’t enjoy a fire since there is a fire ban. Someone in the establishment believes that we can’t have fires even if we practice all the rules of safety. It may be the same person who decided not to provide the usual training to the firefighters. Who knows? Two years ago the pond didn’t fill in the spring. There were crews of firefighters paid by a government grant, clearing dead wood from the same forest in front of my place, and they were burning piles of branches right in the middle of the trees. What has changed? I hope that my MLA is reading the Pass Herald and he will provide an answer. After all, nothing changed. The oil market was depressed than as it is now and Alberta had the same income. Why are we being punished? It is Seniors’ Week, and the community is honoring us. YEAH. Thanks for the praise but we are old enough to know that praise is cheap and action is valuable. Now the Pandemic will be blamed for all economic ills, I am sure, but the dreaded Corona Virus didn’t change the big picture. It will kill a whole lot of us older folks, who become dependent on others towards the end of life. We took care of the young and worked hard to build a good province and country. Many of us fought and died to provide for the future generations, trusting that towards the end we will be cared for. What we failed to do is predict the level of greed that the future generations would develop and some did. Not here in this community but in the cities which filled up with people from other places who came to make money and leave. An example is the private nursing homes paid by the public. Look at the Army reports coming out of eastern Canada for details. All of us contributed to our health care and pensions. Some of us, especially those unionized, paid sizeable sums towards additional pensions. We watched the funds privatized and governments take control over how to invest the money and use it or lose it for political reasons. The people who worked for Alberta towns just
tending 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. Also, Do not say yes to any questions if you are unsure of who is calling as people can use voice recognition to access other information. 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.
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heard that their pension funds lost a third of its value by investing in oil companies who didn’t make it. I am an old man now and I thank the Lord profusely for all the blessings, but I wonder. Why did we, the common people, have to fight for everything? Why did we have to win at great suffering, or lose ground? I was a child when we were fighting for a piece of ground to live on. When I was a young teen we, and others like us, fought for the right of colored people to be accepted as humans. Soon after, it was the fight against being sent to die in unjust wars. This we and our generation won, and we were fighting for equal pay for women and human rights for people to love each other without “guidance” from the state. I was a young man when we gave up on fighting and tried to achieve social equality by working and studying hard. In thirty years we almost lost the middle class and all the previous gains. Now we are seniors and should be resting from a life of hard work enjoying the fruits of our sacrifice and saving. There is no break. Greedy politicians go after our prepaid benefits, privatizing some aspects and cutting off our care. Should we be happy that there is a Seniors Week? In my younger days, I and my friends worked hard to help our families. We did it on the farms and in the cities. No-one even considered complaining. When we got married, we labored even harder and raised families. None of my friends had their higher education paid by their parents. We bought starter homes, fixed them, and worked our way up. Our work and ingenuity, saving, and volunteering caused the improvements we see today. Just look at a picture of Calgary or Edmonton fifty years ago compared to now and see the difference. Compare what we did it with what is available now after we contributed our share. Now we are old and have no choice but to depend on those whom we brought up. We are happy that they did well and beam with pride, yet should we be expected to be tossed aside like useless garbage? It is not what our kids or those around us are doing that I am complaining about. They are simply peaceful as we taught them to be. They don’t realize that you get nothing if you don’t fight for it. It is the political climate that changed. Somehow we entered an age in which productivity increased, we built infrastructure, technology improved many times over, and there is no money for our needs. We are facing fewer doctors and nurses, fewer more distant hospitals, less public transportation, and dilapidated care in long-term facilities. If one in a couple that’s been married for fifty years falls ill, they separate us. I hate sitting here and ranting, but I feel that the story must be told. It’s useless to praise people when they don’t do their homework or give participation trophies to those who don’t try. People who didn’t contribute as we did, organize events to honor us, give speeches, and benefit themselves and their friends out of our savings and the systems we set up. Governing is a difficult job. Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.