Crowsnest Pass Herald

January 26, 2022 ~ Vol. 92 • No. 4 $1.00

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First baby of the Year

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The first baby of the year has arrived in the Crowsnest Pass. Macklin Roy Lloyd Withrow was born on January 21st, 2022. Baby Macklin joins big sister Quinn Withrow and mom and dad Koral Lazzarotto and Mitchell Withrow. Congratulations to the Withrow family on the arrival of their newest family member!

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Thank You The family of Connie Michalsky wish to extend our sincere appreciation to all staff of the Crowsnest Pass Hospital.

Your kindness and professionalism made a difficult time more bearable. ~ The Michalsky family

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Next Fundraiser set for Revive the Roxy and Crowsnest Cando DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Act 2 of Revive the Roxy is set for February 12th.

Bond: A Black Tie Affair Raise the Roof and Reach for the Stars is the next big fundraiser for helping revive the Roxy Theatre in Coleman.

The main event of the Wintervention weekend will include two shows, a matinee and an evening showcaseMDMGym in Bellevue.

The matinee show includes buffet style food that will be done by Erica and John Warlow with Tin Dogs Pub and Brewery. The evening show will be a more formal table service dinner prepared by Dawn Rigby with Country Encounters.

Board member and one of the organizers of the event, Liza Attaway, says they are very excited for the fundraiser.

"It's exciting because we've got so many people involved and we've got so many different areas of it."

Tickets for the matinee cost $45 and tickets for the evening cost $65.

Attaway says the price difference is due to the evening being the main event.

Attaway says both performances will be the same but the food service is the main difference.

Performances for the event include Turning Pointe Dance Studio with

owner Tara Groves and her trusted support team, Meagan Morency, Christina Samson, Katrina Kocsis, Crowsnest Pass Symphony Orchestra with Shelly Groves featuring soloist Tynan Groves, Suzanne Scott & Lisa Attaway and On The Rox with band members Lisa Attaway, Chantelle Bowie, Paul O'Neill, Suzanne Scott, Dave Bannick, Sandi Winter, Walter Gail, Becky Pichurski, Shelly Groves, Matt MacFie. Attaway says the performances from Turning Pointe Dance Studio will be very unique and they aren't something the community has seen before.

"It's so unique. That's part of why we are excited."

Attaway says people attending can also expect some classic Bond themed music from the orchestra.

The band On the Rox is made up of volunteers who wanted to find a way to support the fundraisers and see the Roxy survive.

"On the Rox, was a composite of the Bond side of things but it's on the Rox with an x because it's for the Roxy."

The funds raised from this event will go towards roof repairs and hazardous material removal at the Roxy Theatre.

Attaway also says some of the funds raised

will be going to Crowsnest Cando to help them continue to provide the other services they offer.

The event will also include auctions.

So far, donations to the auction have been provided by Karen Tamminga-Paton Art, Tarryn Forai, CNP, Fugly Soap Factory, CNP, The Brick, Pincher Creek, Lash Lounge, Sparwood, Kost Fire Safety, Sharon Ford, Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery, Pass Beer, Trail Appliances, the Winnipeg Jets, Ben Wongs, Pincher Co-Op, Tim Hortons and Cross Iron Mills.

Anyone interested in purchasing tickets to the event can do so at the following locations: Copy Magic and Attaway Inspired Ltd in Blairmore, Servus Credit Union in Coleman, Pincher Office Producers in Pincher Creek and Mountain Mercantile The Boutique in Bellevue.

Other ticket options include ReviveTheRoxy@gmail.com for e transfer options.

For more information, visit www.crowsnestcando.ca The weekend also includes fun Wintervention activities beginning Friday, February 11th with the Wintervention Community Market at the Elks Hall beginning at 3pm.

Saturday and Sunday also have fun activi-

ties for everyone to enjoy.

Start times for these are listed below: Saturday, February 12th 10:00 AM - Fun Run Elk's Hall Blairmore 11:00 AM - Frying Pan Toss “Scene 1" MDM Playground Bellevue 12:00 PM - Bond Matinee Lunch & Entertainment - MDM GYM Bellevue 3:00 PM - Frying Pan Toss “Scene 2” - MDM Playground Bellevue 6:00 PM - Bond Evening Dinner, Silent Auction and Entertainment - MDM GYM Bellevue Sunday, February 13th 11:00 AM - Human Dog Sled Races - Ski Hill Lodge Blairmore.

Attaway says the event will not be cancelled if Covid-19 forces the event to not go on.

She says the event will simply be postponed to a later date to ensure the work that was put into the event doesn't go to waste.

Attaway says she's excited to have this part of the fundraiser done because it makes it that much more realistic to have the Roxy reopen.

"If we can get the roof stable and all of the hazardous materials out, then the work to get it ready for people to use it can begin. It's the biggest part to get us to the point where we can get people in there."

Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey Update The U7 Thunder will be hosting a tournament this upcoming weekend.

The team will be facing off in two matchups on Saturday beginning at 10:30am vs the Medicine Hat Kings and then again at 4:30pm vs the Lethbridge Dragons. The team will finish their weekend with a game on Sunday at 2:15 against the Fort Macleod Mavericks. Crownsest Pass Minor Hockey would like to thank all the businesses that have helped support this U7 tournament.

Crowsnest Pass Thunder U11 hockey team had a busy weekend of hockey.

They played last Saturday in Fort MacLeod versus the Mavericks. The Mavericks started out with a 3-goal lead at the end of the first period. The Thunder quickly caught up by scoring 2 goals during the second. However, the Mavericks ending up surpassing the Thunder by the end of the third with a final score of 6-2. Goals scored for the Thunder by Sophie GibboneyStafford and Aidan Bishop. Assists made from Aidan Bishop, Nicolas Gillespie, and Sophie Gibboney-Stafford. Owen Kirkman was in net for the game stopping 31 shots. The Thunder then hosted Cardston on Sunday afternoon. It was a close game with a 3-3 at the end of the first period. The Thunder fought hard while getting another 3 goals by the end of the game.

Thunder did end up being defeated by a final score of 9-6. Goals scored by Aidan Bishop (2), Nicolas Gillespie (2), Jack Bishop, and Nash Lafreniere.

Assists coming from Jack Bishop, Sam Graham, Parker Bunnage, Owen Kirkman, and Nash Lafreniere. Carson Gillard was in net for most of the game with 24 shots on net then Owen Kirkman for the final 8 minutes of the 3rd. The Thunder will be away next weekend for a tournament in Raymond.

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~ rCMP news ~ Residents be aware of phone scams saying from Border Services that there is a suspicious package for them and possibly warrant for arrest.

The following is an overview of the nature of the complaints that the Crowsnest Pass Detachment received for the noted period. Note that the summary indicates what was reported to the police and may not have been substantiated.

Reminder to property owners to lock your doors and vehicles . also mark your belongings and record serial numbers of tools and other important items.

Calls for Service - 36 Break and Enter (other) 1 Fraud / Forgery - 1 Threats/Harassment- 2 Thefts - 3 Disturbing the Peace - 3 Other Provincial Statute - 1 Driving Complaints - 4 Motor Vehicle Collisions - 9 Assistance to General Public - 3 Suspicious Occurrence - 3 Assist other agencies – 3 911 calls - 1 Animal Calls - 1 Municipal bylaws - 1 Thefts On January 20th, 2022, complaint of dispute over theft of merchandise from commercial business in Coleman. police attended. sus-

pect was identified and paid for item. No further action required.

On January 22nd, 2022, complaint of theft of items from a commercial business in Frank. Under investigation to identify suspect.

On January 24th, 2022, complaint of theft of 2500 liters of diesel fuel from location in Carbondale area. Occurred sometime within the last week.

Reminder for residents that school is back in session and vehicles are to stop for school bus that are unloading children. the fine for not stopping for stopped school bus is $567.

Reminder to residents of computer scams, credit cards scams, Grandparent scams, Revenue Canada scams asking for money or cash cards and saying warrants out for arrest, do not give out personal information to persons you don't know.

DO NOT OPEN EMAILS if you are suspicious of its origin. do NOT purchase gift cards for payment to Revenue Canada.

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The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Aged and compromised, in a pandemic I live in paradise and don’t crave travelling or any other modern temptations. All my working years I managed on less, paid for a pension, and planned for the “golden years”. Now I reside in a little home in the forest on the Canadian Rocky Mountains, in a historical little town that provides what I need. The pension is enough for food and taxes, a working vehicle, and health needs not covered by our Universal Health Care program.

I paid cash for my education, lived modestly, and raised two self-sufficient kids. I took no government assistance like unemployment and regularly donated much more than the taxes consider a write-off and I still do. As I am getting older, I need some help with difficult tasks so I save to pay for it. Never went on a cruise or even visited my birth country. I am a happy Canadian who loves the snow on the mountains and the Alpine meadows in the summer.

Not in my wildest dreams did I consider having to put up with a killing pandemic in my old age, but if it’s here, I am willing to do my best and not only survive but help to curb the spread, even if it’s inconvenient. Took my vaccinations, wore a mask the few times I went out and promoted responsible behaviour. Here I ran into snags.

I live in a world of people who are motivated by reasons that I don’t consider important. Some believe that they can wish the reality to be different and want all of us to do the same. They want to “enjoy life” and if compromised people like me will die as a result, so be it. Others simply resent anyone telling them what to do, regardless of the reasons. I understand both but wish to stay alive and enjoy what I worked and saved for.

The campaign to risk death is not just an opinion expressed by a few but a wellorganized and financed effort backed up with lawyers, organized public protests, marketing, and politicians motivated by political donations. For two years, while I sat in what is almost house arrest, I have been racking my brain trying to figure out who has an actual reason to promote against safety and responsible behaviour. I finally got a clue.

It came from a film published after the second world war. It is a 10-minute film called Disabled Holocaust. Apparently, the Nazis before and during the war exterminated disabled people and others who were not contributing to the economy. Sadly, it even included their own maimed soldiers from the fight in Stalingrad. The program

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was secretive to avoid public outcry. The liberation soldiers exposed it, including Canadians. Fifty years ago, there were still a considerable number of survivors of eugenics.

We may consider this a weird, ugly phenomenon that existed in prewar Germany, but we have our own skeletons to deal with. Eugenics was considered “science” here and in other enlightened countries. Alberta and BC had a program to sterilize humans of lesser value (Handicapped) right until 1972. I remember the news discussing the end of the program and the people who witnessed that it was not always voluntary.

I knew a person who was rumoured to have been a victim of the program.

We live in a wonderful country amongst people whom the world calls nice. Yet prewar Germany was known to be a most civilized country and their advanced science still serves us today. NASA became what it is using ex-German scientists. The Russian technological advancements were built around other German inventors. Can nice people be cruel to their own? Ask the veterans who proudly display stickers that say, “Lest we forget.”

I walk away thinking that I may have found a reason why some mystery people are organizing and financing a campaign against vaccinations. COVID is a light flulike sickness for healthy strong people and a natural killer for those who cost money to health care and possibly increase taxes.

What people don’t consider is the reason why we take care of those who need help. It’s as easy as understanding how insurance works. You don’t even have to consider Christian or religious morality. We will all get old someday. Many of us may find ourselves disabled at some point in life. The wealth we accumulate may dissipate fast if some conditions change. Best financial planning is not guaranteed to save us from all possible events in life. If we are thinking as Hitler did, we should consider what his end was like and how he is remembered. Christ advocated helping the needy, not being greedy, and billions of people follow him thousands of years later.

Others may seed weeds amongst our crops. China is keeping itself almost COVIDfree. Could they be sabotaging the west? I don’t know, but someone is financing the efforts to fight against vaccinations and to open the economy prematurely again and again. The pandemic would have been just a memory by now if we tried harder and were less concerned about profits. I am not talking about restaurant owners but those with shares in large Pharmaceuticals.

COVID is stealing my retirement years and exposing some negative aspects of our society, perhaps for good reasons. On the other hand, some of what is happening may be a good thing. It is showing how we undervalued some workers who should be paid more. Now, with trucking problems, it shows that we should grow and make things at home and pay what it’s worth. The governments are learning that teachers and nurses are important for the well-being of society and the economy. We are learning that care homes shouldn’t be a revenue generator but necessary social service.

Below our gaze, there is a new generation. For the first time, the young are teaming up with the old going against the dividing forces for no less than a better world for all.

What happens when safety and freedom conflict?

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

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Latest Gushul Studio Resident works on unique projects DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Reza Aliabadi has spent the last month in the Gushul Studio Residencies working on some unique projects.

Aliabadi says the first time he visited, he knew he'd want to come back.

"The first time I visited, I really loved the whole aura."

Aliabadi says he was able to work on a few different projects over his time in the Pass.

"I worked on my own projects. I had some ideas before arriving here but when I arrived here, I changed all the plans.

Most of them were inspired by the vicinity. I worked on five or six different projects."

One of the main projects Aliabadi worked on was a 100 series project.

Aliabadi has done many of these types of projects where he takes standalone photos and makes them into a video.

"The point for me is

about there is not always one absolute answer for things. There is this neighbourhood of answers. I took a long walk in the Frank Slide and I documented the snow and stone in 100 shots.

One of the projects I worked on belongs to this 100 series and it's about Frank Slide."

Aliabadi says he was intrigued by the slide.

"It was interesting to me how something so fragile as snow can cover something as solid as a stone. This landslide happened long ago but every year snow covers it. For me, it was like the snow is commemorating that event by covering the stone every year."

Aliabadi also used the rumbling of trains passing through for inspiration for another project.

"You have this rolling sound. It was interesting to me. I noticed that when you travel by car, there is a road and you have two opposite traffic directions on either side.

For a train, you travel in both directions on one line. Somehow, in many movies and stories, the train and the track represent time in past and future with the train cars travelling between the two. It was interesting to me with how do we define a differentiation between memories, which belong to the past and dreams, which belong to the future. If a train with all the baggage constantly goes back and forth between these two points, why do we look at life as a one direction journey from the past to the future and leave the memories behind? What if we can live like a train and travel between our own past and our own future? How can we project some of our memories into our dreams or hijack our dreams and attach them to our memories?"

Using that idea, Aliabadi created 30 paintings representing the amount of time he was in the residency.

Year of the Tiger 2022 is a year of the Tiger. Ox and Goat are the luckiest zodiac signs in the year of 2022. For those born in the years of the Rat, Snake, Monkey, Pig and Dog, you will need to make comparatively more effort in order to make achievements. Rabbit, Dragon, Horse, and Rooster people are destined to enjoy a smooth life and good luck in making money this year. Tigers will encounter their 'birth sign year' (benmingnian本命年) in 2022. Wearing red will bring good luck in a birth sign year.

Year of the Tiger 2022 starts from February 1st, 2022, and ends on January 21st, 2023. It is a Water Tiger year.

Years of the Tiger include 2022, 2010, 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950, 1938.….

The Tiger is known as the king of all beasts in China. The zodiac sign Tiger is a symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness.

Many Chinese kids wear hats or shoes with a tiger image of for good luck.

The Tiger ranks third among the animals of the Chinese zodiac.

The 12 zodiac animals are, in order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Each year is related to an animal sign according to a 12-yearcycle.

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Reza Aliabadi has spent the last month in the Gushel Studio residence working on a few different projects. One of the main pieces of work he accomplished during his time here was a 100 series piece based on the Frank Slide. The project includes 100 standalone photos that he will make into a video similar to his other 100 series projects. Anyone interested in seeing more of his work can do so by visiting his Atelier RZLBD page on YouTube.

Photo Credit: RZLBD (Reza Aliabadi)

A third project Aliabadi worked on during his time in the Pass, was writing a 1,001 line story to Scheherazade, the famous storyteller to pay tribute to the myth.

"I had this really long scroll of paper and I wrote 1,001 line story. That was another project I worked on."

Aliabadi says the sep-

arate spaces allowed him to focus his time on specific projects.

"I had two weeks in the art studio and two weeks in the writing cottage. I thought I'd dedicate the first two weeks into visual arts with things that you create and the space was perfect for it. The space was inspiring and motivating. I

thought when I moved to the cottage, it's very intimate so I focused on some writing. I used those second two weeks to focus on some theoretical ideas and thoughts."

Anyone interested in looking at more of Aliabadi's work can do so by visiting his website rzlbd.com or his YouTube page Atelier RZLBD.

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Editorial I feel the need to respond in this week’s editorial to last week’s article by our feature writer.

I’d like to preface this response with a comment to all the environmental non-governmental organizations that I do allow opinions in the paper, even ones that are anti-coal. However, I feel the need to clarify a few of the points made by the writer.

Firstly, I’m glad the local doctor saved your life, unfortunately my family’s experience was very different as it related to my mom.

Secondly, black lung was definitely a reality when coal was mined in the early 1900s. Black Lung is really not an issue now that we’re surface mining with heavy equipment fitted with air filtration units.

Thirdly, coal prices have always fluctuated, however, even when they were in the toilet, Teck didn’t do mass layoffs. In fact Teck did everything they could to make sure they didn’t have to. Teck was named to 2022 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporation List and named one Canada’s Top 100 Employers. The coal industry seems to weather the boom and bust of resources price drops better than it’s oil and gas counterparts.

Fourthly, Council has never had a proper proposal come forward for a wind generation plant. Like every proposal that comes forward we would have considered it on its merits. This Council mirrors our community in being pro-choice industry.

Fifthly, the reason that there are “I ️ ♥Crowsnest Coal” signs in business windows is because that is what those business owners believe in. The coal industry spends money in local stores. My guess is those signs will be in those windows for a long time, because it’s hard to make money in a community that has 52% of its population making under $52,000 a year. They simply don’t have the money to spend on anything extra to food and shelter.

This is the thing, why does it always have to be an “us vs. them” mentality. Why can’t we have recreation and industry? The Municipality conducted a survey and 70% of the people who responded said they think both can exist. The Crowsnest Network recently held an opinion poll asking, “Are you in favour of new coal mines in the Crowsnest Pass?”.

The result didn’t shock me as 780 people voted yes and 135 people voted no; that’s 85% in favour. Those results mirrors the results of a previous survey done by the Municipality. If you look at Fernie and Sparwood you can see that recreation and industry can indeed work hand-in-hand.

The government should take into consideration the views of the people of Crowsnest Pass. We are not a small voiceless impoverished community. Our voice matters!

I can’t think of anyone who has said that water quality wasn’t important. What I hear is that there must be an economical way to manage the water issue. It was at a pro-coal rally that one person said, “we can put a millionaire on the moon, but we can’t figure out Selenium”. That pretty much sums it up perfectly.

I believe that if Canada doesn’t produce the coal then other countries certainly will so why can’t we benefit from our resource. Who do we think are funding these anti-coal groups? Do we ask ourselves why these groups don’t want resource extraction in this province? Coal is but the first domino in shutting down responsible resource extraction in this province, the others being oil and gas and forestry. I believe that if we shut down Alberta then we have shut down Canada.

Avner, I couldn’t agree with you more that I would love to go back to a time ... a time when coal was actively mined in the Crowsnest Pass and our community was thriving. The time when our forefather’s thought we would be the Pittsburgh of Canada.

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Farewell and thank you to NIT Dear Editor, I believe it would be a travesty to allow the closing of the Nippon Institute of Technology, Inter-Cultural Campus to go unacknowledged in our municipality.

As part of the Crowsnest Pass and also as a person who was privileged to be a part of this wonderful program, I want to express my thanks to those in Japan and in the Crowsnest Pass who had the vision to send young Japanese stu-

dents to hone their English language skills here in the Pass before they went to further their education at the University of Lethbridge or back in Japan. These courageous young people came to a different country, adapted to a different culture, lived with a local family, took part in local activities, explored our mountain outdoor activities, and became strong English speakers.

Everything NIT did was with the view of ex-

cellence. The renovations to the courthouse and the old United Church were exquisite. The campus itself, which included two guest houses, were kept immaculately. The work environment was truly the best I’ve ever experienced.

NIT was not only focused on helping each individual student, but they were committed to giving back to our community.

Student projects were part of that effort. They also ran the little train park.

A message for MLA Roger Reid Dear Editor, Looking back on 2021, there is no doubt that there has been many ups and downs.

However, I believe that this year has truly given us so much to be opti-

mistic about. Our economy continues to be on the rebound and has become more diversified because of the Alberta Recovery Plan and funding that has allowed newer industries, such

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as film, to prosper. Our communities here in Livingstone – Macleod have received significant levels of investment and support from Alberta’s government, and I am proud of the role that I

One perk of working at NIT was an all expenses paid working trip to Japan. This was one of the highlights of my life.

Our Japanese hosts were exceptionally gracious and I’ll carry my experience there for the rest of my life.

This letter, I’m sure, doesn’t fully convey the tremendous gift that NIT’s twenty-five years in this community brought, but this community is richer for your presence.

Thank you, and goodbye.

Sharon Dreher

have been able to play in this. These investments help to stimulate our local economy through the creation of jobs which helps put more money back into our strong southern Alberta towns.

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BOUQUETS – Bouquets to Bill who helped me walk to the entrance of the hospital in the slippery conditions in the snow and wind. I’m glad there are still thoughtful and considerate people in the world.

BOUQUETS – Kudos to Megan and Mike for their patience and help under emergency situations.

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Simply Selles Musings from your local reporter The Canadian Men’s National Team continue their quest this week to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1986.

They have three upcoming games against Honduras, the USA and El Salvador.

This will be a tough stretch of games as only the US match is being played in Canada.

Going to central America has always been a tough task for countries as fans there are crazy and make it a very challenging place to win.

With that in mind, I wanted to make sure I had a chance to cheer on the team in Hamilton when they play the US on Sunday.

After a few weeks of having tickets to the game, suddenly things changed when Ontario announced another restriction cutting outdoor event capacity to 50 per cent.

I originally bought tickets to the game with my brother who lives in Hamilton and we were super excited to go together.

Canada soccer decided the fairest way to do a resale would be to refund everyone their original ticket costs and hold a new sale leading up to the game.

With flights already booked I was a little nervous leading up to the resale and was hopeful I could still get some tickets to the game.

Well, I can gladly say that I was still able to secure seats for the now 50 per cent capacity game in Hamilton on Sunday and our seats ended up being better than the ones we had originally!

I’m glad I was still able to grab tickets for this game.

It’s one of the most important games in recent history for this team and to experience it with my brother will be amazing.

Obviously I was looking forward to spending some time with my brother and sister-in-law and meeting my newest niece as well but having the game to go to as well will make the weekend even better.

It’ll be a bit of a whirlwind weekend with all I have planned but I haven’t seen my brother since last summer so the quick visit will be well worth it.

~ Council Briefs ~ DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

The following topics were discussed at the Regular Council Meeting on Tuesday, January 18th.

2021 Development Statistics Council was presented with the quarter 3 building and development statistics report. The report included information on building permits, electrical permits, gas permits, plumbing permits, and other numbers as well.

Some of the main highlights of the report were shown in the overall project value of construction to date so far this year. A total of $22,284,974 worth of residential construction has been completed up to quarter 4, which is a massive increase of over $14 million from the entirety of 2020. There were 82 new housing starts in 2021, which is an increase of 57 over 2020’s total.

Non-residential numbers have also increased from $1,290,810 in 2020 to $6,464,544 through 2021. There have also been 59 new business licenses issued through 2021, which matches 2020’s total. Following hearing the information presented to them, Council was very pleased with the overall report. Following the report, Councillor Filipuzzi made a motion to accept the report as information. The motion was carried.

Rural Ambulances Mayor Painter advised that discussion had been held at the Mayors and Reeves meeting requesting that Council's provide a letter of support with respect to availability of ambulances in rural communities. After a brief discussion, Councillor Sygutek made a motion that Council directs Administration to write a letter to Alberta Health Services with respect to guaranteeing provision of ambulance services in rural communities.

The motion was carried.

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Roger Reid update cont’d from page 6 ...

Thank You We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who have supported us in our time of sorrow with Scott’s passing. The outpouring of love and support we have received from the phone calls, messages, cards, gifts of flowers and food from family and friends are very heartwarming and much appreciated.

A special thank you to Dr Maritz, and the nursing staff at the Crowsnest Pass Hospital for their care and compassion. Words cannot express our gratitude for your constant care in looking after Scott’s needs and keeping him comfortable.

Thank you to Sheila-Rae at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel for looking after all the arrangements. No detail was overlooked and we couldn’t have done it without you!

Sincerely, Keith & Jane Tanaka Dean & Jill, Isaac & Ashley Tanaka

~ Thank You ~ ZMAEFF – The families of the late Nick Zmaeff would like to share our heartfelt appreciation and thanks to everyone who offered condolences, sent cards, phoned and posted tributes to dad on his passing.

A great big thank you to Home Care (Lethbridge Family Services), the staff at York Creek Lodge, and the staff on both Acute and Continuing Care at the Crowsnest Pass Health Care Centre for their kindness and caring toward dad during his last years of residency at his home and then until his passing. Dad had a special place in his heart for everyone who worked with him.

A special thank you to Dr. Rogers and Dr. Liscombe for keeping dad at his best for such a long time. Thank you to all the EMTs, doctors and staff at Emergency who worked with dad during his difficulties in his last few years. And thank you to everyone else who was there for dad during his trying times.

We would also like to give a huge shout out to the people who supported us on our journey with our dad. Our appreciation for your support cannot be measured.

94 years young! We will miss you, dad!

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Investments into healthcare and hospitals are especially important in our rural communities.

We saw over $9 million dollars of investment into our rural health system in 2021 with one of the more significant investments being $4.7 million dollars over the next two years to renovate the medical device reprocessing area in the High River General Hospital. We also saw a $1.2 million upgrade to the pharmacy in the High River General Hospital, a $1.5 million upgrade to the medical device reprocessing area in the Crowsnest Pass Health Centre, and $1.6 million to the Claresholm General Hospital for an addition to the ambulance garage.

I am especially happy to see the creation of an additional 832 addiction treatment spaces at the Fort Macleod Health Centre which will increase the mental health supports for those in our communities that are struggling with addictions. Investments like these are essential to ensuring that people who live and work in our communities can stay in our incredible communities.

Another area where we saw significant investment is in broadband.

Having fast high-quality

internet is obviously a major priority for our residents as it affects many aspects of our day-to-day life. As someone who has been on many virtual calls from home over the last two years, I have seen these difficulties firsthand.

However, our government is hard at work to improve broadband across rural Alberta. In this past year the Alberta government has secured a dollar-for-dollar matching funding agreement with the federal government to improve connectivity in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. This will be $150 million from the province and $150 million from the federal government. The first projects approved with this funding will be announced early 2022.

There is still a lot of work ahead, but I am excited for the improvements this funding will bring.

We have also seen huge growth and investment in the film industry.

Our communities have recently been the home to numerous projects such as Heartland, Fargo, Netflix's Dark Summer, Kevin Costner’s Let Him Go, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Alberta’s Film and Television Tax Credit and the removal of the $10 million per-project cap

last march has led to many large film productions deciding to set up and invest here in our communities. I look forward to seeing the Film industry continue to grow and thrive in 2022!

It has been a busy year at the legislature, and we have passed some significant pieces of legislation that will benefit our Southern Albertan communities. Legislation such as Bill 61, the Vital Statistics Amendment Act 2021, makes important changes to keep our communities safe by banning legal name changes for dangerous and long-term offenders. In 2020 we passed similar legislation for sexual assault offenders.

Bill 58, the Freedom to Care Act, makes the process easier for charities and non-profits to navigate regulatory exemptions and provides volunteers with liability protections, which will support the generous spirit of Albertans. I am also very happy to see the passing of Bill 66, the Public Health Amendment Act 2021, which took away the power for the provincial government to order mandatory immunization or conscription.

Another significant

piece of legislation that was passed is Bill 64, the Public Lands Amendment Act 2021. This Bill is about enhancing access to our public lands for everyone while also increasing conservation and maintenance so that future generations can enjoy our public lands. Our government has also continued to work on red tape reduction which has a real-world impact on business owners in our communities by allowing small businesses to focus on their business and not unnecessary paperwork and other redundances.

I am proud of all we have done last year, and I look forward to continuing to work hard to represent my constituents. 2022 will be another year of significant economic growth and recovery for our province and I am excited to see how this growth will impact our communities. Some of my main priorities for this upcoming year is to work with the government in getting more water available to our communities, enhancing education across Livingstone – Macleod, and improving EMS coverage and response times so that we can continue to feel safe in our beautiful communities. Thank you!

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Council passed a motion to create a survey for new residents to take to help find out why people are interested in moving to the Crowsnest Pass.

Mayor Painter says he felt it would be important to collect data on new residents in terms of reasons for choosing the Crowsnest Pass as their new residence to facilitate future planning for the community.

"Stats have shown that between 20-30 per cent of residents in the big city centres in the south like Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat want out and want to move to smaller communities. I think it's imperative since we're having this influx of new people, to find out why they chose our community," said Mayor Painter.

Mayor Painter added he'd like to see certain questions on the survey.

"We can target our local community to find out why they chose the

Crowsnest Pass, which part of our community do they live in, are they renting or did they purchase, what schools are they enrolling their kids in, are they employed. All those types of things? We are going to be reviewing our strategic plan next month and these are the kind of things we need to develop this plan around."

Mayor Painter also says he wants to ensure the survey is only completed by local residents and that the survey doesn't end up being completed by people not in our community.

CAO Patrick Thomas says if the survey is done online, there is the possibility of having certain questions that must be filled out that can help filter out the respondents who aren't actually part of the Crowsnest Pass.

"We should have a way to structure the questions that we can get some of the noise out so that it's not something that anyone or everyone can take it."

Councillor Sygutek agreed that this is a great

step to take in finding out more about the community.

"I think this is brilliant. We need to find out who's here, why they came and then it helps us market our community even better."

Councillor Filipuzzi also agreed that this was a good step to take.

"I think this is a good idea. I think that's where our strategic plan should be aimed. The needs and wants, what they see in the community now and what they'd like to see.

That would help us tremendously."

Council also agreed that adding an incentive to take the survey could help garner more responses to give Council a better idea of what the community wants as a whole.

Following discussion, Councillor Ward made a motion that Council directs Administration to create a new resident survey to gauge reasons that new residents are choosing our community.

The motion was carried.

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CCHS Creative Writing A MUSICIAN’S WEAPON (Excerpt of a script)

By Lilou Gravel Fade in: Ext. Goose Public Park - Day Green grass, perfectly mowed. Under a large oak tree’s cool shadow, next to the pavement dogs run past, and people follow.

ASH stands there with a guitar strapped around her shoulder. Fingers move quickly with precision across the strings. Her body slowly swayed as the melody swirls around her.

She lifts her head to start singing into the mic on the stand in front of her. Her soft voice swirls around the tree standing as a guard would over her.

Ash (singing) I was searching, I was looking. For meaning. I was wandering, desperately trying, only to see, I have nothing missing.

Past the pavement is a lake. A tall grey stone statue stands in the center. It was shaped like a goose.

alone. Unfortunately, that meant detecting the toxic people in my life, seeing people for what they truly are. I rooted them out, and in doing so I pushed everyone away and became my own person. In cleansing myself of the toxicity, I created a persona of being an outcast, a pariah, an exile. But I learned to thrive in the shadows, make friends with the people in my head, and find ways to enjoy my lonely path. As much as I thrive I also miss out. I miss out on the real life experiences, the down to earth moments, the freedom of trust of having a friend. ~ Maya Veldman When Stars Cry (excerpt) By. Peyton McAuley His dark eyes reflected the entire Milky Way. I felt as though I was floating, admiring the way his face framed the image, the way the cream-coloured stardust above glinted across the glass of his earthy-brown irises. The reflection was the silver, vapour atmosphere above a muddy, terrestrial planet.

It was the light bending and warping around the event horizon of a black hole. In that moment, he was the centre of the galaxy; hundreds of billions of stars, trillions of planets, an unimaginable count of icy-blue comets, all swirling around him, yet framed only in the reflection of his eyes.

Ash (O.S.) Who said, who said. I have to find who I am.

Who said, who said.

That I am lost to begin with.

THE HUNTED AND THE HUNTED by: Rhylee D

Her voice, as pretty as it is, too shy to swim out far and reach the ears of many. Only the people who pass by can hear its beauty.

Once I am no longer the fox being chased through the woods, I´ll allow myself tenderness.

Song Credit: Already Enough by Fearless Soul

When I am finally done being the bloodhound chasing the fox, I'll learn how to love.

behind sunglass and tons of glasses by the pool, No I wanted to truly love you, that you hold, Locked away in your heart frightful of the turning stars, The you that stays quiet when people start talking about your passions The you that hides away in your eyes begging for a glimpse at what lies on the outside.

I truly don't understand why you attempt to hide so far away from night skies, Are you afraid I would lie, Break your heart while I leave you to die, Rip you apart like the mountains of a cool breeze’s flight Had someone placed you in that broken shell, had someone seen the true you and decided “That's not for me” Broken you into a million pieces and shoved you into that locked and sad shed I watch your rays dance away in a field of green, so far behind you yet I can taste your seen beauty be the people below you For now I’ll continue to watch from afar but my love please know, I'll always be here for you to sing, I understand if we were to meet our love would kill the people and the streets so I understand why you run, When you’re done, When your rays burn out, I'll be here to hold you as the world turns and the people's lives change.

The Sun's love letter to the Moon By: A.J. Jensen My dearest Moon,

I sometimes wonder… Do people roll in their graves at night wondering what they did wrong, or am I the only one who does? ~Tressa Murray

After I am finished being both the hunter and the hunted.

I'll allow myself time to clean my wounds.

To scrub the blood from Under my nails.

To mourn.

TIME (modern haiku)

By Charisse Time is an illusion One that cannot be removed From the eyes of many FORGOTTEN HOUSE

By Quinn Douglas The horror from the Foundation The blood of the universe will flicker like fibers tangled in wavy threads.

The Blackness from the sun shall dim the glimmer of hope within, windows looking out but nothing but Blackness dwells.

Bereft of being living, never breathing.

The hideous Blackness has been slowly forming.

In this writhing mass, no heart that’s beating.

An oily pitch that surges forth without rhyme or reason.

Oh, horror, What dark power this brings seep into the skin of the foundation.

The ever-growing hysteria.

On this day, the horror from their bodies untouched.

In this damned house, nothing remains but a touch of death.

HARDSHIPS: From the Eyes of a Teenager After years of friendship, trials and tribulations have tested my relationships and have shown the true colors of many. I am here, betrayed, abandoned, and a mere second thought. Those that I was once close with are now nothing but distant memories. I can’t complain too much; I had this coming. I never enjoyed being pushed around or told what to do. I was born a leader and always intended to pursue my greatest passions regardless if that meant being

LOVING YOU

By Tiana Hamilton Loving you feels like running through a flower field, free from all worry and doubt And loving you is like a sweet autumn breeze, blowing gently through the sweet sappy trees and their leaves Loving you feels like getting lost in the starry night sky, loving you more intensely each breath you take I wish I could show you how much loving you means more to me then I could find way to explain And I wish you could see yourself through my eyes, as you would see much more love for yourself then I could ever provide to you Loving you is my safe place, where the flowers and leaves fall through that sweet autumn breeze, under that starry night where we lay THE LOVE LETTERS OF GODS

By A.J. Jensen The Moon’s love letter to the Sun Sun, Had I loved you too much, my dearest burning sky?

Is that why fly when I'm so close by, you run away from my night sky not even daring to mutter a goodbye All I wanted to do was truly love you, Not the you that is forced out into the world that hides

I see the way your blue shines through, painting the sky a midnight behind I I watch as you dance with the kids of the river, Watch as you tickle the nose of the sleeping children, Dusting them in the dust of stars, your heart is placed into every kiss and swish of midnight falling stars and the hopes that you've shown to those around you.

I try so hard to chase after you gouges and deep blue yet you never seem to sleep, Never seem to rest so I can finally catch up my breathe You never rest so how am I to kiss your chest, Hold your hand while we dance of the sand dusk and dawn finally becoming one, How am I to heal and be yous if you never stop this goddamn chase, I know the men with the telescopes say the world would cease if we were to meet, To kiss, To hit, To fight To try, And I understand the need to keep us apart but gods, You are the only one that looks at me like that, Look at me like the burn scars, the marks left from my fire Are not an oddity of weird or something that should be cured, You stare at me with eyes filled with dandelions spreading these feelings to me, So why won't you stop when I call out to you, Why do you seem petrified when someone looks at you creases and dents, You tense and the me mention of your lovely marks, Are the nightmares you suffer with caused by those who left those marks, Those who dared to walk on you like you were a piece of property?

I’m sorry my love, I would truly kiss away you scars and marks, Hold you close and never let you go, Someday I’ll be with you when the world turns dark and my rays give out my love.

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CCHS Creative Writing Thank you.

This is only the second semester that we have offered creative writing as a class for senior high students at CCHS, and yet I am so impressed, not only by the talents of these young authors, but also by the support of the community.

This past week the class held their portfolio showcase. Students shared work across genres, reflected on their writing, and presented their pieces in a format that fit each author’s voice. These are some of the pieces shared and images from that showcase.

Thank you to the families and friends of these students, to the community and school for supporting them, and for this newspaper, which has allowed and encouraged their voices to be heard. It has meant so much.

And thank you to the students themselves, for sharing these pieces of themselves every day in my class, and every week in this paper. - Krysta Macdonald

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rESponSiBilitiES Administrative Assistant • Answer phones and respond to emails or phone queries, as necessary.

• Assists visitors to the parish office.

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• Assists Pastor with scheduling of baptisms, weddings, funerals.

• Provide office support for the Pastor Bookkeeper • Processes all cheque requests, bank deposits and monthly bank reconciliations • Maintains accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions • Balances accounts by reconciling entries • Issue/recall donation envelops and maintain Parish Friendly records • Maintains accurate accounts payable and receivable ledgers • Posts all weekly donations, balance and ensure accuracy of all donations • Completes other duties or projects as assigned by the Pastor QuAliFiCAtionS • Experience with Outlook, Word, Excel, and QuickBooks • Required to provide a Police Information Check HourS oF WorK Tuesdays & Thursdays: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (noon) to Apply

Please send a resume along with a cover letter to Fr. Joseph Nagothu at trinity@shaw.ca or by mail to Holy Trinity Parish, PO Box 1410, Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0

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JOY DAWN TARCON JUNE 22, 1938 - JANUARY 13, 2022 (AGE 83) It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Joy Tarcon of Winfied, BC on January 13, 2022, at Spring Valley Care Center in Kelowna, BC. She was 83 years of age.

Joy was married to the love of her life, Joe for 62 years. She had an adventurous spirit, a love for the outdoors and nature, and travelled extensively throughout many regions of North America embracing local cultures, languages, and people. She loved music and teaching and taught for 26 years as an elementary school teacher in Coleman, AB. Joy loved and appreciated her family heritage of Italian and Welsh.

Left to mourn her passing are her children, Brent (Mary) Tarcon of Red Deer, AB, Kim (Bruce) Bay, of Fairmont, BC, and Dawn (Ian Wilkinson) Tarcon of Vernon, BC; her grandchildren, Jason (Melinda) Tarcon of Whitecourt, AB, Jessica (Bryant) Larson of Red Deer, AB, Christine (Mike Hansen) Bay of Kelowna, BC, and Derek (Danielle) Bay of Sparwood, BC; her great grandchildren, Nick Tarcon, Jacob Tarcon, Alysa Tarcon, Emersyn Larson, Ellie Larson, Lily Kolochuk Bay, Makenna Bay, and Cayman Bay; as well as extended family and friends.

Joy was predeceased by her husband Joe, her parents Henry and Kath Raymond, and her sister Eleanor (Tom) Bubniak.

A family Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial donations can be made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

MUKESH KUMAR SHARMA JUNE 23, 1957 - JANUARY 6, 2022 Mukesh passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 6th at the age of 64 surrounded by his wife and children. He was born in Kisumu, Kenya to the late Amar Nath and Mohan Devi Sharma. He was the youngest of 5 siblings - his sister Bala Sharma (Sukhdev), brother Suresh Sharma (Prabha), sister Usha Sharma (Romesh), and brother Naresh Sharma (Rajindera) and brother- in- law to Lalit Marwaha (Gurdeep).

After spending the first 7 years of his childhood in Kenya, Mukesh and his family moved to Moga, Punjab, India. At the age of 17 he immigrated to Canada, where he lived most of his life with his wife, Sunita of 42 years. He was the loving father to Sapna, Deepy (Sarah), Ricky (Brandy) and proud Papa to Ariya, Jaya, Jovin, Neviya and Amara- his beloved grandchildren. After settling in the Crowsnest Pass, Mukesh began his mining career as an underground miner at Coleman Collieries before spending the next 32 years at Fording River in Elkford, B.C. Mukesh retired at the age of 56 and soon after moved to Lethbridge, AB to be closer to his children and grandchildren. Every day he looked forward to picking up his grandchildren from school so that he could spoil them to no end. Mukesh’s greatest love in life was spending time with family and friends. His extremely close relationship with nieces and nephews was something he cherished. A close second to this was his love for the Edmonton Oilers. He had a passion for music, mechanics and muscle cars. One of Mukesh’s greatest attributes was his selflessness and his willingness to help anyone, no matter the circumstances. Mukesh will truly be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.

Funeral Services were held at Calgary Crematorium Chapel on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 2:00PM

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Looking Back

Throughout the last few years I have delved deeply into the fascinating stories of significant pioneers here in the Pass. It takes a huge amount of research but in the end I find I have created nice profiles of special human beings and their contributions to our community.

The multi-part columns I have done on Frank Wejr and the Kerr family (2018), Gunter Koci (2019) and Aneila Plonka (2021), each took me down the harsh road of immigration and revealed what these amazing people endured in their search for a better future. For the life of me I cannot imagine what it must be like to leave your country and everyone you know and love behind, most times never to return.

I have, once again, been invited into a pioneer’s world to learn about their story and legacy, one that I will share with you through the next few weeks. This legacy maker’s name is William White of Bellevue and his journey, now 94 years long, is a fascinating one and one in which his important role in the Pass needs to be shared.

For William’s ancestral origins we must travel back in time to Heath Hayes near Staffordshire in England. There the beginnings of the White legacy were started by Bill’s grandmother Mary Ann Ironmonger who married William Charlton in 1878. She was 23 at the time and went on to have three children with William before he passed eight years later at the age of 42.

It seems that this scenario of the man passing early in a marriage was to become a significant part of this families’ early legacy. Two years after William’s passing Mary Ann married George Pidgeon White and thus began the White family tree. Again the spectre of early loss reared itself in Mary Ann’s life with the passing of George White at the age of 55 in 1907. When she was widowed for the second time eight White children that had been born, including Bill White’s father Alfred in 1898. Three years later, in 1910, Mary Ann packed up her family and immigrated to Canada, coming here to Hillcrest Mines. Try and picture that journey, if you will, and right across Canada no less.

If we back up the story a bit, we find that one of the three children that Mary Ann bore with William Charlton was their first child, Annie Amelia Charlton. Her story’s significance has to do with the fact that the man she married in 1900 was Leonard Clarke the son of coal miner Daniel Clarke. By 1912 Leonard and Annie Clarke had had six children and Leonard chose to leave their home in Manchester after having been invited by his brother Daniel to Centerville, Iowa. Incidentally, Centerville started mining coal using horses to hoist it to the surface in 1868. Apparently that visit didn’t work out and Leonard left shortly after to come to Hillcrest to join his mother-in-law Mary Ann and her family and find work in the mines here.

As I indicated before, premature deaths changed the course of the White family history several times and the Hillcrest Mine disaster played a huge part in the direction of the next generation. Leonard Clarke was killed in that June 19, 1914 disaster and left Annie Amelia with those six children back in England.

I was able to dip into Leonard’s background story using a great resource called the Hillcrest Mine Disaster database, created by Belle Kovach and her sister Mary Bole. It shows that he immigrated to Canada in October of 1912 on the ship “Canada” and landed in Frank, with his occupation listed as a chimney potter. A year later he accepted his brother’s invitation and travelled to Iowa and as I indicated earlier returned to Hillcrest to be with the White family there. The research and detail that has been poured into this amazing database is second to none and everything is cross referenced.

The next of the White family to be impacted by Hillcrest was Mary Ann’s daughter Lily White who was born in 1891. Lily married George Hicken in the Anglican Church in Hillcrest in September of 1912. George was the second oldest of twelve children born in Staffordshire to Levi and Eliza Hicken and George and Lily had been married only 21 months when Hillcrest took him.

Mary Ann (Charlton) White’s first born son, Samuel Charlton, was Lily’s step-brother. Samuel had sailed on the Empress of Ireland in March of 1910 and came to Canada to work at the Hillcrest mine. Just one month prior to the explosion that took his life, Samuel married Margaret Nason in the Hillcrest Anglican Church. The Empress of Ireland sank in the Gulf of St Lawrence four years after he sailed with it.

It went down just three weeks before Hillcrest blew up and took 1,012 passengers with it. The news of this, Canada’s worst maritime tragedy, somewhat overshadowed Canada’s worst coal mining tragedy.

From all this we see that Samuel Charlton was a brother-in-law to both Leonard Clarke and George Hicken and that their loss had a huge impact on the family, as it did with every Hillcrest family. The Hillcrest database reveals one more tragic piece of family information.

Leonard Clarke’s wife, Annie Amelia was a cousin to Samuel Ironmonger and Charles Ironmonger, two other victims of the Hillcrest Mine disaster. The connectivity to all this stunned and saddened me.

The family portrait picture in this column was taken circa 1905 and depicts the broad cross section of ages of the nine Charlton and White children. Annie Amelia Charlton is not in the picture, as she was married and was 26 years old with three children at the time of this picture. Bill White’s father Alfred was seven years old and is at the bottom right in this important family portrait.

Moving on to Alfred (Fred)White chronologically, we find that he was raised in Hillcrest and eventually he and his bride Elisabeth had five children- William (Bill), Allen, Richard, Betty Anne and Gloria. Bill was born in Hillcrest in 1927 and shared a few simple memories of his time growing up there with me. Of course there was softball, baseball and hockey and Bill said that the hockey arena was open air, which meant a lot of snow shoveling at times to clear the ice.

Kids back then played a lot of outside games and he mentioned a few like Ball in the Hole and Run Sheep Run. Bill also shared an unusual story with me. He said that Hillcrest had a lot of bats flying around and that they had this kids’ trick. They would put a rock in their hats and throw their hat up into the air and the bat would attack it. It is a fact that back then little brown bats were very common and it is so sad that they are rarely seen now.

Bill told me that in 1938 his first job, at 11 years of age, was helping to put water lines in Hillcrest. Apparently his father overheard a contractor sitting in the bar lamenting about how he needed some help with his trenching machine.

Fred said, “ I got a boy that can do that” so Bill’s summer holidays that year were spent reattaching trenching buckets on that cantankerous contractor’s digging machine.

The story that really astounded me about Bill’s early life occurred when he was 14 years old. Apparently he and his father Fred heard a radio broadcast out of Vancouver that resonated strongly with him. It was an urgent plea for young boys needed as riveter helpers at the West Coast ship yards. How Bill responded to that plea gave me my first glimpse into this man’s strength of character. The story is so profound in nature that I will be breaking away from Bill’s life story to share it with you in detail next week as to where he went and why.

I will preface how this remarkable story of a unique Canadian contribution to the Second World War effort went down by telling you a bit about Bill’s involvement. When Bill White decided to seize the opportunity to be part of this massive war effort he bought a ticket on the train to Vancouver. He said that when he got on the train at Hillcrest it was Photos from top: Combined Charlton and White Families circa 1905, The remarkable Mary Ann (Ironmonger) full of serviceman heading for the West Coast. When they heard that this fourteen-year-old boy was heading there to White - passed at 82 in 1941, Bill White circa 1929, Aldo his part for the war effort they treated him like royalty. I can tell you that what Bill inserted himself into in 1941 was fred and Elisabeth White with children Allen, Richard, an industrial mobilization in maritime construction of such magnitude that in all my years of war history research I Bill, Betty Anne and Gloria - circa 1940, Bill White as a have never come across a more profound and important Canadian war story. young man with skates on shoulder.

Authors Note: So as I said next week I will take you through Bill White’s journey as a young man into the world Bill White Archive photos of ship construction in a time that I doubt we will ever see again. Be sure to join me to learn about this remarkable story.

By John Kinnear

A Purpose Filled Life – The Bill White Story Part One – In the Beginning

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School board to livestream regular meetings Livingstone Range School Board will begin live-streaming board meetings in February to Increase stakeholder engagement.

Trustees voted in favour of a recommendation from trustee Brad Toone during their Jan. 18 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

“This is something that has come up I know not only to myself but other trustees,” Toone said. “We’ve heard from stakeholders that there is a desire for us to livestream with everything that is going on.”

Toone said many people are not able to attend board meetings in person but still have an interest in the discussions and decisions that take place.

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meetings on YouTube would provide more opportunities for the public to listen to discussions.

“It’s something that the council in Macleod does in this room so we have the capabilities to do that,” Toone added.

“It’s something we were always planning on working toward. Now, with everything that is going on I think it is time for us to move forward.”

At present, school board meetings are recorded and posted later on the Livingstone Range School Division Web site.

The Town of Fort Macleod live-streams its regular meetings on its own YouTube channel for viewing in real time or later.

Toone said livestreaming meetings provides yet another level of transparency.

The idea received support from other trustees.

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“I think it’s an excellent idea,” trustee Greg Long said.

Trustee Clara Yagos clarified that the recorded meetings will still be archived on the school division Web site.

Associate superintendent of curriculum and innovation Chad Kuzyk said that will happen, and the recordings will remain on YouTube for a while.

Other trustees spoke in favour of live-streaming meetings.

“It has been brought up to me a few times from different people that they would like to see it,” trustee Carla Gimber said.

“We have the technological ability to do so, so I don’t see any reason why not.”

Toone is optimistic live-streaming meetings will increase the engagement of stakeholders.

Trustees adjust school board committee policy Trustees adjusted a policy last week on how changes are made to Livingstone Range School Board committees.

Trustees decided someone seeking to leave a committee can first contact the board chair for a discussion.

If it is determined a change is needed, that must come to the full board for a formal decision.

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Livingstone Range school board hightlights cont’d Trustee Clara Yagos introduced the proposed change to the board policy on committees during the Jan. 18 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Yagos suggested adding the following statement: “If a trustee is unable to fulfill their committee commitment, they should reach out to the board chair who will help address the situation. If a change is needed, it will come to a board meeting.”

Trustee Brad Toone said it isn’t necessary to leave it to the board chair to decide if a change needs to happen.

“Up until now, if something needed to happen we just addressed it,” Toone said. “It was brought to committee of the whole, we had a discussion and it would be brought to a public board meeting.”

Toone said the proposed change leaves it to ambiguous criteria to be used by the chair to determine if a change is needed.

“That maybe isn’t something I’m comfortable with,” Toone said. “I think it needs to be the complete wisdom of the board.”

Trustee Lori Hodges said the policy committee felt it was possible the board chair could help a trustee find a solution before it was brought to the board.

“I’m comfortable with it coming to committee of the whole if that is something that the board would like to see,” Hodges said.

Trustee Greg Long said he likes the idea that a trustee could contact the chair prior to bringing the discussion to the board.

“It’s justifiable,” Long said. “It’s fair for the chair to know beforehand.”

Long suggested changing the wording to read “change is considered” from “change is needed.”

Yagos was amenable to that change.

Trustee Carla Gimber said trustees should know in advance what the commitment will be before joining a committee at the annual organizational meeting.

“If you commit to that committee you are responsible until the next organizational meeting, as far as I’m concerned,” Gimber said. “I’m not comfortable with this at all.”

Long said there are many reasons why a trustee might not be able to fulfill a committee commitment, including medical reasons or a family issue.

“There would be lots of justifiable reasons why a trustee might not be able to fulfil their commitment,” Long said.

Hodges said it won’t happen often that a trustee wants to leave a committee but there should be a process that begins with a discussion with the chair, before it comes to the full board.

Toone suggested changing the statement to say a trustee can reach out to the chair but the decision must come to the entire board.

Chair Lacey Poytress said it is important that if a trustee wants to leave a committee, that everyone have the opportunity to take over.

“You can’t just hand off or trade,” Poytress said. “I think that’s the main idea that needs to be conveyed.”

Trustees to change social media access guidelines Livingstone Range School Board is taking steps to ensure its social media posts are up to date.

Trustees last week approved the board chair adding or removing approved posts in emergency situations.

The discussion at the Jan. 18 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod followed an incident earlier this month.

A social media post from Livingstone Range welcomed students back to school Jan. 3 following the Christmas break.

At about the same time, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced the return to school would be delayed a week until Jan. 10 due to rising COVID19 case counts.

The Livingstone Range post remained in place with the erroneous information.

“Although the intention of the original post was in good faith, this unfortunate incident has highlighted

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the need for review of the social media access protocol,” chair Lacey Poytress said.

At present the social media protocol allows three administrative staff members access.

Trustee Carla Gimber introduced the recommendation that the chair be granted access to social media accounts.

“I don’t think that the meaning behind this is for the chairperson to actively post,” Gimber said. “If there is something that needs to be taken down, there is another person who has access who isn’t part of the administrative staff.”

Trustee Greg Long suggested it was an administrative issue and not one of board governance.

“If there is a problem with this Facebook post not coming down quickly enough, I would rather see all our administration have access to it,” Long said.

Long suggested adding more administrators to the access list rather than trustees.

“We are a school board,” Long said. “We are about governance, not administration.”

Trustee Brad Toone supported the recommendation, although he agreed with Long on the governance issue.

Long said that in a digital world it makes sense to give the chair access as the board’s spokesperson.

“In an emergency I would like to see our chair or the school board have that same access,” Toone said.

Trustee Lori Hodges said she worried about some future chair abusing the privilege by posting messages that are not authorized.

“If this is something the board wants there has to be a few strict guidelines around it,” Hodges said. “I do feel that could potentially pose a problem.”

Trustee Clara Yagos agreed.

“Whatever the chair publishes or says has to be agreed to by the board,” Yagos said.

Trustees approved the recommendation and directed the policy committee to develop guidelines for the board’s consideration at the March 22 meeting.

Trustees to attend FNMI professional development A change to the March meeting date will allow Livingstone Range School Board trustees to take in a professional development session.

Trustees voted last week to move the meeting to Tuesday, March 22, from Tuesday, March 15.

Trustee Lori Hodges made the recommendation during the Jan. 18 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

The College of Alberta School Superintendents is presenting on First Nations, Metis and Inuit on March 15.

“All of the board members wanted to attend,” Hodges said. “We felt it necessary to move our board meeting date.”

School board chair Lacey Poytress supported changing the board meeting date, given the nature of the professional development being offered.

“It’s so important that we represent all students in our division, all perspectives and it’s just such a wonderful learning opportunity,” Poytress said. “I definitely am in support of this.”

The FNMI Education Gathering is March 14-16 in Edmonton.

Sessions cover a broad range of subjects including Blackfoot, Metis, Dene and Cree intergenerational teachings and dialogue, and education for reconciliation.

Other topics include Indigenous youth leadership, reclaiming and revitalizing Indigenous languages, improving post-secondary transition rates, and the impact of intergenerational trauma.

Facilitators to help trustees with evaluations The Livingstone Range School Division superintendent and trustees undergo regular self-evaluations.

Trustees and administration will have the help of two familiar facilitators for the 2022 evaluations.

The school board last week voted to contract Cal Hauserman and David George to facilitate the evaluations in June.

“Any time we’ve had Cal and David facilitate any of our sessions I’ve found them to be great, just incredible gentlemen and they do a very good job of helping us be better trustees and a better board,” school board vice-chair Greg Long said. “I totally support it.”

Trustee Lori Hodges said the self-evaluations of the board and superintendent are important in terms of accountability.

“It’s really important to have good facilitators to make sure that everything that is laid out is done properly and that the board and our CAO have a chance to have the conversations and set goals for the future,”

Hodges said.

Trustee Carla Gimber also supported the choice.

“They were fantastic for our professional development,” Gimber said.

Hauserman and George also facilitated the evaluations in 2020-’21, and had a mid-year meeting to set goals and a final year-end check-up and coaching session.

Hauserman was a principal for Medicine Hat School Division from 1979-2012 and is a graduate instructor for Athabasca University in addition to his work as a consultant.

George worked 39 years in education, including 20 years as a principal for Medicine Hat School Division before becoming an educational consultant.

Trustee to drive school bus as volunteer Brad Toone wants to carry on something of a family tradition as a bus driver for school teams.

Livingstone Range School Board last week approved Toone’s request to take training to be a school bus driver.

Toone wants to be available to drive school bus for sports teams, particularly those with which his own children are involved.

“When I was a kid my dad drove bus for us on a donation basis,” said Toone, who also does not expect payment. “It was nice to have the experience for him to be there and at the same time save some money for the sports teams.”

Toone had served a notice of motion at the December meeting that he would seek board approval to take the training.

“It’s important for myself to get approval from the board for this item,” Toone said.

Toone could have undertaken the training on his own, but wanted approval to eliminate any perception he is doing something the board might not support.

Toone will pay any costs associated with the training on his own.

The request was approved with unanimous support from the school board.

“I fully support trustee Toone in obtaining his school bus driver’s licence,” trustee Carla Gimber said.

“I think it’s great he will volunteer his time to drive bus for sports teams.”

Trustee Greg Long agreed.

“I think it’s wonderful that trustee Toone is coaching and is volunteering to drive the bus as well,” Long said.

The driver training is offered through a Livingstone Range School Division partnership with Palliser School Division.

Trustees shut down discussion on spectators at sports School sports continue in nearly empty gymnasiums across Livingstone Range School Division.

The decision to ban spectators was made during the holidays as a measure to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Parents have contacted some trustees wanting to discuss that decision, which was made outside of a regular board meeting.

Trustee Brad Toone asked to have that topic added to the Jan. 17 meeting agenda as an emergent item.

“I personally have had over 100 people call and reach out to me,” Toone said.

Trustee Carla Gimber also received calls and emails from parents inquiring about the spectator ban.

Toone and Gimber wanted trustees to discuss the decision prior to Livingstone Range administration revisiting the decision later in the week.

The request at the beginning of the meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod was defeated by a vote of 4-3, with Toone, Gimber and trustee Joscelyn Stangowitz in favour.

At the end of the meeting, Toone and Gimber made a notice of motion to add a discussion on spectators at school sports to the agenda of the February board meeting.

Livingstone Range helping Grade 2-3 recover from pandemic disruption About 265 Grade 2-3 students in Livingstone Range School Division need additional support due to learning disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trustees heard last week the school division is using provincial “learning disruption” funding to get those students caught up.

“We wanted to focus on literacy and numeracy to help them,” associate superintendent of curriculum and innovation Chad Kuzyk said.

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Livingstone Range school board hightlights cont’d Kuzyk provided trustees with an update on the work being done in Livingstone Range schools at the Jan. 18 school board meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Kuzyk told trustees Alberta Education determined 30 per cent of Grade 1-3 students will need additional support from the pandemic disruption.

“We were seeing not necessarily that number, but we were seeing the need,” Kuzyk said.

The additional provincial funding targetted literacy and numeracy instruction for Grade 1-3.

Alberta Education also worked with experts to develop screening tools to identify those students who need additional support.

“They developed a number of assessment tools that we would use in September with the Grade 2s and 3s initially,” Kuzyk said.

The Grade 1 students will be assessed in February.

The results of screening were sent to Alberta Education, which then provided Livingstone Range with funding.

The school division was to focus on skills that are highly predictable of future outcomes for students.

“Basically, the foundational skills of literacy and numeracy,” Kuzyk said.

The province wanted 12- to 16-week focused instruction for the students identified as needing additional support.

Each school that teaches Grade 2 and Grade 3 was to receive $16,231. Grade 1 funding will be determined following screening of those students.

Livingstone Range used the funding to hire additional staff to provide instruction in the context of the individual schools.

“These are teachers that will be working with the staff,” Kuzyk said.

“That’s another important piece with this.”

Those teachers received professional development from Deborah Karrah on literacy and Kathy Charchun on numeracy, as well as in the science of reading.

Students receive about one hour a day in instruction in literacy and numeracy in addition to their ongoing instruction in those areas.

Students will be reassessed when the pro-

gram is complete.

“We’ll take that data and continue to work with students and their classroom teachers,” Kuzyk said.

Kuzyk said he is encouraged by the work that is being done in each school.

International student program is growing Fifty-eight international students are in Livingstone Range School Division classrooms this year.

The students are from Azerbaijan Austria, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and Turkey.

“It’s been a successful year, international programming, and what that has to offer our schools,” associate superintendent of curriculum and innovation Chad Kuzyk said.

“This is the biggest year we’ve ever had.

Kuzyk was at the Jan. 18 school board meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod to provide trustees with an update.

F.P. Walshe school in Fort Macleod is hosting the most international students with 13.

J.T. Foster school in Nanton has nine international students, Livingstone school in Lundbreck and Matthew Halton school in Pincher Creek each has seven, and Crowsnest Consolidated has six.

“I had the privilege to pick a student up last week,” Kuzyk said of meeting the student at the Calgary airport. “It was very interesting to see his excitement, his enthusiasm, to come to this program.”

Kuzyk said there is growing demand from international students, which means more host families are needed.

International students must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test 72 hours before boarding a flight to Canada.

They may be required to take another COVID test upon arrival and quarantine until they receive the test results, usually within 24 hours.

Kuzyk told trustees that as of Jan. 15 some foreign national travellers, who previously were allowed to enter Canada without being fully vaccinated, are now required to be fully vaccinated.

There are also changes to testing and quarantine exemptions for certain travellers en-

tering Canada.

International students download the ArriveCan app prior to arrival for tracking purposes.

Livingstone Range officials pick up students from the airport and transport them to homestay families.

Students wear masks, socially distance and handle their own luggage.

“We’re trying to make it as safe as possible for everyone,” Kuzyk said.

Virtual Semester 2 student orientation is Jan. 31 via Google Meet.

“What we’re doing is having impact beyond our borders, and it’s very exciting,” Kuzyk said.

Trustee Greg Long praised Kuzyk for the success of the international program.

“It’s an experience that is life-changing,” Long said.

Kuzyk said the program is a team effort requiring the work of everyone involved.

“This program is from word of mouth,” Kuzyk said. “It’s from people who come here who have gone back and shared it with others.

They want to be a part of it too.”

Livingstone Range focused on supporting students Livingstone Range School Division is always working to ensure every student is supported, every day.

Director learning support services Lisa Furukawa said last week the school division is changing the way it responds to behavioural issues.

“One thing we’ve really been focusing on this year is shifting the mind set around behaviour and social-emotional learning,” Furukawa said.

That means finding the root causes surrounding literacy, numeracy and social-emotional learning and develop a continuum of supports rather than just trying to stop certain behaviour.

That also means moving from progressive consequences such as suspensions to that continuum of supports.

“We’re able to support a lot more students and families before we get to that level where we’re looking at suspensions,” Furukawa said.

Everyone depends on some kind of supports to be successful in their daily lives, Furukawa said during her presentation on inclusive education at the Jan. 18 school

board meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Furukawa’s portfolio includes learning support, early learning, behaviour support, English second language (ESL), teacher evaluations and the South West Collaborative Support Service.

Furukawa told trustees about a two-year collaborative project that involves individual coaching at schools.

The intention is to support students, their families and school staff.

Collaborative team meetings focus on key issues such as literacy and numeracy.

The school support team then works with the student and family to get the needed supports.

A case consult provides more intensive, individualized support for the student that may involve additional agencies.

Furukawa said when working on the new approach they reference to the teaching and leadership quality standards.

“At the center of that is always optimal student learning,” Furukawa said.

There is focus on relationships, connection and inclusion for all learners while referencing new material coming from the government on areas such as mental health and well-being.

The continuum of supports includes classroom instruction on Tier 1, classroom supports on

Tier 2, school supports delivered by professionals other than the teacher on Tier 3, and intensive supports by outside agencies on Tier 4.

Furukawa said when people hear about inclusive education they think it refers to a student with a mental or physical challenge.

“Inclusive education is for every student out there,” Furukawa said.

Trustees review school division reserves Trustees received a report last week on Livingstone Range School Division’s reserves.

Associate superintendent of businesses services Jeff Perry made a presentation at the Jan. 18 school board meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.

Operating reserves Perry told trustees the school division has $3,740,489 in operating reserves, which is up $947,376 from $2,793,113 in 2020-’21.

The operating reserves are broken into the following categories: School and instruction — $3,041,637, an increase from $2,159,555 last year.

Maintenance — $402,037, up from $308,799.

Transportation — $177,447, an increase from $114,759.

Board and system ad-

ministration — $119,168, down from $210,000.

Capital reserves The school division also has $1,810,548 in capital reserves, which is down $559,597 from $2,370,145 last year.

The capital reserves are broke into the following categories: School and instruction — $138,267, down from $203,054 last year.

Maintenance — $1,166,902, down from $1,719,363 in 2020-’21.

Transportation — $328,687, down from $388,590 last year.

Board and system administration — $176,692, up from $59,138.

Perry told trustees the province had indicated school divisions should have operating reserves of about five per cent of total operating expenditures.

Livingstone Range has overall operating reserves of 7.2 per cent of its total operating expenditures.

Perry said Livingstone Range had budgeted for a deficit in 2020-’21 that would have brought reserves well below the five per cent threshold.

However, expenditures were lower than anticipated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Perry said reserves will be tapped to make up a $2-million reduction in provincial funding over the next two years.

Donation to the Food Bank

Max Nimmo presented Desirée Erdmann with a cheque for $500 on behalf of the Greenmore Corporation to help restock the shelves at the Crowsnest Pass Foodbank after the Christmas season. Bruce Nimmo, with the Greenmore Corporation, says he finds that January is often a forgotten month when it comes to donations and added he hopes this is a timely donation.

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