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Editor: I want to nominate The Canmore Coal Train as a whizbang name for all the high school’s teams. Imagine the fear and respect in all the other towns when they hear the rumble and know the Coal Train’s on its way.

Editor: I want to nominate The Canmore Coal Train as a whizbang name for all the high school’s teams.

Imagine the fear and respect in all the other towns when they hear the rumble and know the Coal Train’s on its way. We could have the coolest bus, maybe resurrecting images from Ralph Temple’s mural tribute to Lawrence Grassi that was lost when the middle school was modernized.

For a great logo we could get some tips from Frank Kernick’s Iron Goat Restaurant, a setting we’re all proud to show our guests. We could celebrate who we were.

As far as team names go, I sure tried out for all the school teams I could, and was proud to make the cut for so many reasons that had nothing to do with the moniker. I would have worked just as hard and been just as proud if the team was called The Dimwits, and so would you.
It seems fitting that the students should get to decide this issue as it affects the world they’ll live in. They should decide whether it will be inclusive and harmonious, or wary and insecure. Good for Principal Chris Rogers for thinking long term.

As for those who clutch to hold the mistaken past, I’m at a loss to see how, once they know they’re doing harm, they can promote its continuation.

The Canmore Coal Train. It’s cool for sure. Even sounds like John Coltrane

Jeff Caskenette,

Canmore

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