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July 29, 2020 ~ Vol. 90 No. 30 $1.00
Crowsnest Pass
Herald Serving the CnP SinCe 1930
Neowise comet graces the sky
Tom Kofin photo
The Burmis Tree has always been a point of interest not only to Pass residents but to tourists as well. Tom Kofin visits the Crowsnest Pass regularly with his wife, Norma-Jean Picard was born and raised in the Crowsnest Pass. “I first saw the tree when it was alive and have always been fascinated by it! As a hobby photographer I knew I wanted to photograph the NEOWISE comet, first discovered in March and not seen again for 7,000 years! The uniqueness of the age of the comet and the Burmis Tree is why I wanted to photograph them together! I photographed this just after midnight, Wednesday, July 22.”
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Thank You We wanted to pass along our appreciation to Darrell and the staff at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel. Losing a loved one is a devastating experience that unfortunately, no one is immune to. What is unusual is to have a ‘business’ go above and beyond the required compassion during this difficult time. Darrell and his staff allowed friends of Calvin and Jaclyn McLaren one way to help, in the form of donating funds to help cover some of Jaclyn’s expenses. For each ‘gift’ that was collected, Fantin’s personally sent out a thank you note. Additional time and effort was required for Fantin’s to process and properly manage the donations, all of which was done out of kindheartedness. This level of thoughtfulness, is rare in business so we believe this deserves recognition. Darrell and his staff have more than earned our trust and to have handled this for us with compassion and kindness, you will forever have our utmost respect. A heartfelt thank you to all of you who donated. We know Jaclyn will be touched by your generosity. Your kind words of support, cards and thoughts have been so appreciated by all concerned. ~ Sue, Leah, Billie Jo and Ryan
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ALL NUMBERS ARE UP TO DATE AS OF MONDAY JULY 27. Province wide, there have been 10,390 cases to date. Of these cases, 1,430 are active. 186 people have died from the virus. The number of cases in the South Zone by area is as follows: South Zone total: To date, there have been 1, 599 total cases in the south zone. 1,441 people have recovered from Covid-19 in the south zone. There are currently 142 active cases in the south zone. Outbreaks in the south zone include South Country Village in Medicine Hat and Friesen Livestock Ltd. in Medicine Hat. Here is the community breakdown of cases in the south zone. Crowsnest Pass: 2 cases reported,1 case is active, 1 case recovered. Pincher Creek: 22 cases reported, 13 are active, 9 cases recovered. Fort Macleod: 31 cases reported, 12 cases active, 18 cases recovered Claresholm: 14 cases reported, 7 cases active, 7 cases recovered. C a r d s t o n County/Kainai: 76 cases reported, 23 cases active, 51 cases recovered and 2 deaths. County of Warner: 53 cases reported, 6 cases active, 46 cases recovered and 1 death. Lethbridge: 102 cases reported, 37 cases are active, 63 cases recovered and 2 deaths. Lethbridge County: 25 cases reported, 10 cases active, 15 cases recovered MD of Taber: 33 cases reported, 17 cases active, 16 cases recovered City of Brooks: 1,123 cases reported, 3 cases active, 1,111 recovered and 9 deaths. County of Newell: 23 cases reported, 3 case active, 20 cases recovered
County of Forty Mile: 10 cases reported, 3 cases active, 7 cases recovered Cypress County: 31 cases reported, 1 cases active, 30 cases recovered. Medicine Hat: 58 cases reported, 7 cases active, 50 cases recovered and 1 death. Oyen: 10 cases reported, 6 cases active and 4 case recovered. Vulcan: 8 cases reported, 6 active, 2 recovered. Albertans with symptoms • You are legally required to isolate for a minimum of 10 days if you have a cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose, or sore throat that is not related to a pre-existing illness or health condition. • The mandatory isolation period is 10 days from the start of symptoms, or until symptoms resolve, whichever takes longer. Tested positive for COVID-19 • You are legally required to isolate for a minimum of 10 days if you have tested positive for COVID-19. • Isolation period is for 10 days from the start of symptoms, or until symptoms resolve, whichever takes longer. Have symptoms but tested negative for COVID-19 • If you tested negative and have known exposure to COVID-19, you are legally required to isolate for 14 days. • If you tested negative and have no known exposure to the virus, you are not legally required to isolate. However, it is important to stay home until your symptoms resolve so that you do not infect others. Close contacts of confirmed cases • You are legally required to isolate for 14 days and monitor for symptoms if you are a close contact of a person who tested positive for
COVID-19 (provides care, lives with or has close physical contact without appropriate use of personal protective equipment, or comes into direct contact with infectious body fluids) • If you become sick with cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose or sore throat during this time, you must isolate for an additional 10 days from the beginning of symptoms or until you are feeling well, whichever takes longer. Travellers • You are legally required to isolate for 14 days if you return to or enter Alberta from outside Canada. • If you become sick with cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose or sore throat during this time, you must isolate for an additional 10 days from the beginning of symptoms or until you are feeling well, whichever takes longer. How to isolate If you are in mandatory isolation: • Stay home – do not leave your home or attend work, school, social events or any other public gatherings. • Avoid close contact with people in your household, especially seniors and people with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems. • You are prohibited from taking public transportation like buses, taxis or ride-sharing. • Do not go outside for a walk through your neighbourhood or park. This includes children in mandatory isolation. • You can get fresh air in your backyard, if you have one, but you must remain on private property not accessible by others. • If you live in an apartment building or highrise, you must stay inside and cannot use the elevators or stairwells to go outside. If your balcony is private and at least 2 metres away from your closest neighbour's, you
may go outside on the balcony. Exemption for testing and emergency care If you or a minor child is in mandatory isolation and need COVID19 testing, critical care for pre-existing medical conditions or emergency care, carefully follow the rules in the exemption orders. • Pre-arrange your appointment and leaving your isolation area only on the date and at the time of your appointment. • Follow all instructions provided by 811 or health-care providers. • Use private transportation where practical. • Maintain physical distance from others when shared transportation is necessary – travel directly to your appointment with no stops. • Follow instructions provided by 911 if you require emergency care. Residents can also download the Covid-19 exposure tracing features on smart phones and apps like AB trace together, which can anonymously notify people that they may have been exposed utilizing Bluetooth. Many healthcare professionals feel this is of huge benefit to anyone and everyone that has a smart phone and will help slow the spread of the virus in our community. Albertans are encouraged to wear non-medical masks in public when it's difficult to maintain physical distancing of 2 metres at all times. Wearing a homemade or non-medical mask in public is another tool to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. It hasn’t been proven that masks protect the person wearing it, but it can help protect people from being exposed to your germs. Masks should complement – not replace – other prevention measures. Continue physical distancing and good hand hygiene, and stay home when sick.
THANK YOU I would like to thank the Crowsnest Pass Community for the wonderful silent Covid 19 bridal shower held for me! Many thanks to Pauline Beech, Sonya Coccioloni and Gladys Ondrus for doing all the organizing during such complicated times! I sincerely appreciate Coleman Remedy Rx and Blairmore I.D.A. for being collection points, Alli DeLisle for creating the posters, Copy Magic for displaying the poster and Lisa Sygutek for the promotion! I am overwhelmed at this amazing tradition and the generosity of this community! Tom and I are so grateful and humbled by everyones’ kindness! This is truly a treasured memory of starting our life together! Danielle Burton (future Mrs. Tom Margetak)
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In the lIne of fIre Between July 20 and July 27, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 58 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Two (2) assaults, three (3) threat/harassment, five (5) mischief (vandalism), three (3) thefts, two (2) other criminal codes, seven (7) other provincial statutes, eight (8) driving complaints, three (3) motor vehicle collisions, four (4) assistance to general public, five (5) suspicious occurrences, five (5) assistance to other agencies, six (6) 911 calls (invalid), one (1) false alarm, one (1) animal call and three (3) municipal bylaws. Vandalism On July 20th, 2020, there was a complaint of damage to the Information Center at Bellevue Campground, a window was broken. On July 20th, 2020, there was a separate complaint of graffiti to outbuildings on school
property in Blairmore. Travel Concerns On July 21st, 2020, there was a complaint of concern of a motorhome with American plates at a local campground. Enquiries were made. The vehicle was rented by travellers who rented the vehicle in the United States in March of this year and are stranded in Canada until travel restrictions are lifted. There are no Covid concerns at this time. Youth Party On July 21st, 2020, there was a complaint of youths drinking in a shed of an abandoned house in Coleman. Police attended and youths were gone. Theft On July 24th, 2020, there was a complaint of theft from a vehicle sometime overnight. Sunglasses, keys and CDs were stolen. The vehicle was parked on highway 3 in Coleman. Reckless Driving
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On July 24th, 2020, there was a complaint of a Dodge Ram truck swerving on the highway near Bellevue. Patrols were made but the vehicle was not located. On July 26th, 2020, there was another complaint of a Dodge Ram truck driving erratically, swerving on the highway. The vehicle was located and a 35-year-old female driver was charged with possession of stolen property by Lethbridge City Police. She was released on documents for Court. Vandalism On July 25th, 2020, there was a complaint of more smashed windows to the Information Center at Bellevue Campground. Suspicious Vehicle On July 26th, 2020, there was a complaint of a suspicious vehicle parked on 31 Avenue in Bellevue. Police attended and spoke to the driver who was driving from Calgary and stopped to sleep.
The Simple Raven’s Post by Avner Perl
Huttertie, eh? I went to the market in Blairmore. First, I wore a mask. I could see that no other people wear a mask, but the guy who sells birdhouses had one on a birdhouse that looks like an old man. A few teenage girls made eye contact with me and one smiled like she felt sorry for me. I took the mask off. We have no cases, right? The “market” is such a community event here, and I like to take part. I always buy something, mostly things that I don’t need. When I came the full circle of venders I saw tacked away out of the shopper’s traffic the familiar Hutterite stand. They are not strangers, they have been coming here for years. I often bought from them and always enjoyed the experience. Their stock is good and they treat us with respect. Now they looked shunned. Stories are circulating about them being responsible for spreading the dreaded COVID since many colonies participated in a funeral for three teenaged girls who drowned in a boating incident. I see flashbacks of all the young people partying without exercising social distancing. I see parks full of people and beaches with thousands acting as if we have nothing to worry about, and airlines reopening without social distancing, but the Hutterites are taking the brunt. Well, it will take some pressure away from the Chinese who are being blamed by the US president. Around me now there are some seniors wearing masks and I put mine back on. Social pressure has a way with people. Hutterite people originated in the Tyrol, a mountainous area in Austria. My grandparents on my father’s side were from there. Occasionally, some people said that I look like a Hutterite. I put myself in their shoes. They are as Canadian as you can be, but now in this mess of people who aren’t careful about spreading the pandemic, they are being singled out for discrimination. I feel bad. They don’t watch TV and may not be aware of the news. I just heard a story from Claresholm of a Hutterite being chased out of a drugstore trying to get his medication. In my drugstore, in Blairmore, hardly anyone is wearing a mask. Well, you can tell who is Hutterite by their clothes. They don’t wear $200 jeans with built-in holes in them. The bread they sell is homemade, the produce is not produced by abused foreigners and their woman sew the modest clothes that they wear. At the beginning of Alberta, the government made a great effort to settle the West. Religious groups like the Mennonites, Hutterites, and Mormons were invited
Tresspassing On July 26th, 2020, there was a complaint of persons trespassing on train tracks near Crowsnest Lakes. Subjects were spoken to by CP Rail Railmaster. Suspicious Person On July 27th, 2020, there was a complaint of a suspicious person selling jewellery at the Frank Industrial Park. Police attended but were unable to locate the subject. 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 1-800422-TIPS. 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.
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to come in. They were mostly simple, honest, hard-working people, and their community-oriented social system greatly increased their rate of success. The Anabaptist groups, of Germanic origins, were ideal settlers and didn’t make much effort to evangelize others. By economically acting like corporations, they increased their value and contributed. They were also self-sufficient. In the nineteen fifties to the seventies, we witnessed resentment building against the Hutterites in Alberta. Land was no longer free or cheap and industrial farming was decimating the small family farms. Who is easier to blame but the pacifist communes who weathered the storm better than most? I found headlines in the Lethbridge and Calgary newspapers condemning Hutterites. The prime reason the Anabaptists were chased out of Europe and later harassed in America, including Canada, is the fact that they will not join the Army or fight. They keep their old German language since they preach old historical sermons in the original tongue. This is true for many religions. Catholics used to say mass in Latin even when I was young. Right or wrong, they are not trying to be unpatriotic, only to be true Christians. I visited some Colonies and was impressed by the simplicity, and sparsity displayed in the way of life. Here are people who refuse to compete to be better than others and wish to show care for all the community. They take care of each other from cradle to the grave, I can’t help thinking, we could be much better off if we believed as they do that all humans matter. I know some people around who have Hutterite neighbours. They always talk about the Hutterite being helpful and efficient, hard-working, and simple. I did some research and often when there are floods, fires, and other natural disasters the Hutterites show up in force to help. In my studies, I learned that the difference between Canada and the US is our ways of treating minorities. We even have a safety mechanism built into our political system to make sure that there is no tyranny of the minority groups by the majority. America is the melting pot and Canada is the mosaic. Our strength, which is so obvious on the international stage, is our ability to benefit from our differences. Every now and then it is threatened by some, but the Canadian advantage prevails. There are always more of us who remember why we are Canadians, and we are proud of it. Our “reality” is built around an invented system called Capitalism, which propels us towards overproduction and environmental abuse. The basic Christian communities and more primitive cultures are leaning towards less affluence and more community-oriented systems. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and both treat a pandemic less seriously than what they should. For years we have been championing “safety” and “saving lives” as the most important virtues. Now when it is costing money or making us change our ways, we are faltering and looking for scapegoats. I think we should take a deep breath, evaluate our real motives and beliefs, and wash our hands for twenty seconds or more. Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.