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Seniors recount Christmas in the Valley

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Rotary gives Taiwanese student Albertan education

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Friday, December 16, 2011Vol. 5, No. 50 | 16 pages

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Th e Salvation Army is coming down the home stretch leading up to Christmas, but there is still a need for a few more items. Th is week hampers are being packed and getting ready to be distributed, but they are still in need 15 turkeys and 25 hams to fi ll the Christmas packages. Th ese items can be dropped off at the Drumheller Sears, given at any of the grocery stores in Drumheller, Th e Sal-vation Army Th rift Store and Th e Salvation Army Family Services offi ce at the church. While the days are ticking away, the Salvation Army has plans to get everybody in the Christmas spirit. Th is Satur-day morning they are hosting a free pancake breakfast at O’Shea’s from 8-10 a.m. Th is is a great family event, and they expect Santa will take a break from his busy schedule to update his nice list. Th is coming Th ursday, December 22, Th e Salvation Army is hosting a screening of the Nativity at the Napier

Th eatre at 2 p.m. Th is is a free event, and there is no dona-tion needed to attend. While Christmas approaches there are still openings to man Christmas Kettles. To volunteer, or for more information any of these events, contact Th e Drumheller Salvation Army at 403-823-2215.


Th e perfect storm, which saw truckers and farmers scrambling over the last few months for diesel fuel, may be coming to an end. Diesel drivers have seen their fuel supplies in West-ern Canada dwindling as an explosion this fall at the Federated Co-op Plant hit at the same time a refi n-ery in the Edmonton area closed for maintenance. At the best of times there were limitations at the pump, at the worst of times the pumps ran dry. “It has been terrible for two months said Bob Da-vidson of Top Waste. “I tell my staff , when you drive by UFA and you see people fi lling, get in there, even if you are three quarters full, top it off .” Davidson said the short-age has not aff ected his business too much. “But I feel bad for the guy rolling in from Ontario who only has one card and they don’t know what is going on here,” said Davidson. Drumheller Co-op gener-al manager Gord Van Kan-nel said the Drumheller Co-op has lifted its restrictions. “At our cardlock and at our gas bar, those daily re-strictions have been lifted,”

said Van Kannel. “Th ey are starting to build invento-ries.” He said this event was a phenomenon, not only be-cause of the diffi culties at the refi neries, but also be-cause of when it happened. “In the fall, normally our inventories are depleted, and because it was such an exceptional harvest they were depleted that much worse,” said Van Kannel. “Th en the refi neries went

down and then the explo-sion, and it all started to pile up.” He said during the short-age the Co-op had to pur-chase outside of their refi n-ery to keep their stocks up. While many suppli-ers were not able to keep enough fuel on hand during the shortage, daily restric-tions allowed Co-op to not run out. “It was not an ideal situ-ation, but at least we could

still get them product to keep them moving,” said Van Kannel. Th e shortage certainly drove prices up as well. In a survey of fuel prices con-ducted by MJ Ervin & As-sociates, the cost of diesel in Calgary in August was hovering over $1.10 per li-tre. Th e November average was over $1.23 per litre. Van Kannel said as inven-tory increases there should be some price relief.

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Valerie Cerr“I think Canada did the right thing. We seem to be pretty

safe here.”

Anne Riley“Yes, because it wasn’t

working. Major polluters, like the United States and India, didn’t sign on. A new plan is

needed.”

Jeff Dallmann“We should have kept going with it. I don’t think we gave

it much of a chance.”

On Monday, December 12, it was announced that Canada would be withdrawing from the

Kyoto Protocol, so inSide Drumheller asks:

“Is pulling out of the international treaty the

right move?”

Amber-Dawn Ruehlicke“I’m defi nitely against

leaving it. We’re coming to a time where climate change is one of the world’s biggest

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On December 12, inSide Drumheller sat down with Rose-mary Kean, from the Drumheller Rotary Club, and Amber Lin, an exchange student from Taiwan attending DVSS.How does the Rotary exchange program work?Rosemary: Amber came from a Rotary Club in Taiwan and we’ve sent Alana Augart to Belgium for the year. We sign up for it and we only do it every two years, because there’s quite a bit of ex-pense involved. Amber will live with diff er-

ent Rotarian families while she’s here, usually for three months at a time. Th at way she gets to experience the culture here, but through diff erent families.So Amber, why did you want to come to Canada for your ex-change?Amber: Because in Taiwan when I was in Grade 10 my life was not good. I was upset with myself, so one day my mom asked me if I want to be an exchange stu-dent. So I said yes. It would be a chance to treat myself. So I came to Canada.Were there any other choices of where to go?Amber: Before Canada, I thought about going to Sweden, but there weren’t any Rotary Clubs doing exchanges there.Rosemary: Rotary Clubs sign up and depending on the Rotary Club and their location they put the kids wherever. Th ey give the kids a choice somewhat, but they never know until a month or two before they leave.Compared to back home, what are things you have found sur-prising or have enjoyed the most?Amber: Th e snow! I’ve never seen snow before I came to Canada, so it’s a new experience for me.Must be pretty cold though?Amber: Haha! Th e weather is so cold.Rosemary: She was cold in Sep-tember when it was six or seven degrees in the morning when I was taking her to school. She was frozen!Th at’s T-shirt weather!Rosemary: Well she’s starting to become acclimatized.So are you going to try your

hand at any of the winter sports here?Amber: I would really like to try, but I haven’t had a chance to go skiing yet.Rosemary: I’ve taken her to a couple hockey games. She’s never seen it before.What has school been like here compared to back home?Amber: Th e schedule here is easy and simple. In Taiwan you go to school at seven o’clock in the morning and leave at fi ve o’clock in the afternoon. Your life is just full of studying, going to class, and taking tests. It’s not fun. School here has many options, like cooking or drama. It’s good for students to do what they like to do. In Taiwan we don’t have many options, we just take the school schedule.What are some of your favou-rite classes?Amber: I think it’s the cooking class.Did you get many compliments from the Seniors Dinner you helped cook last Th ursday at the DVSS?Amber: Yeah, it was fun.What are some of the things you like most about Drumhell-er so far?Amber: I’ve been to the Tyrrell, it was great. Th ere’s not very many houses here. In Taiwan there’s tonnes of houses stuck together, and the street is not beautiful. Here, there’s lots of plants and trees, it looks beautiful. Th e people here are so friendly to me and to everyone. Everyone knows each other and are so kind and friendly.Have you had a chance to go to

Calgary or Edmonton?Amber: Yup.Rosemary: She went to Zoolights last weekend. Other Rotary ex-change students got together last weekend, stayed in Calgary and got to go. Amber said it was so romantic.After July you go home, would you want to come back?Amber: Yeah, for sure. But, I’m not sure I’ll have the chance or time to come back, because the school schedule in Taiwan is

hard. But if I can I will.What have some of the host families learned from Amber?Rosemary: Well it’s been a lot of fun to show her our area, the snow. For example we took her to the corn maze, and she had never seen that before. It’s fun to see Canada through her eyes. Like, stuff you take for granted all the time. I think she’s a pretty brave girl to come all the way here, to stay with people she didn’t even know.

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Amber Lin has come to Drum-heller from Taiwan as part of the Rotary exchange program. While here, Amber will get a chance to experience Alberta. Amber is receiving an Albertan education from DVSS, through their inter-national program. Amber will be heading back home in July 2012, getting a chance to experience the Drumheller summer.


Students treat St. Anthony’s teacherSuresh Naragoni (left), owner of the Drumheller Mac’s, and Kerri Kuefl er (right), marketing manager from the Drumheller Dragons, present teacher Kayla Angeltvedt with the Teacher Appreciation Award. Angelvedt won a $50 certifi cate for O’Shea’s, a massage from Rush Sports Massage Therapy, and two tickets to see the Dragons in action. Students fi lled out ballots nominating their fa-vourite teacher and explaining why their teacher was deserving of the award. The ballots were then handed in during Dragons games. Michelle Fournier, who teaches at St. Anthony’s as well, was the runner up. “It’s something that I am proud of. It’s nice to hear the kids appreciate what you do as a teacher,” said Angelvedt.



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While it has only been a month since the Duke of Edinburgh Awards were launched in Drumheller, al-ready more than 80 young-sters have signed up to take part in the program. Th e program is a journey of self-discovery and com-munity service for the young people ages 14-25. It is a self-directed development program with components that include volunteerism, personal skill development, physical recreation and ad-venture. Th e RCMP in Drum-heller has teamed up with community organizations for the Community Youth Challenge Project, and they are pleasantly surprised with the uptake. Constable Tomas Do-brich said they had modest expectations of about 20 students participating. “It surpassed our expec-tations,” he said. “We have participants from Delia, Carbon, DVSS and St. An-thony’s.” He said they will be in-troducing the program to more students in the new year, as well as expanding its core of trained mentors into the rural area. While the Duke of Edin-burgh Awards program was founded in 1956 and came to Canada in 1963, aware-ness of the program was often in private schools or universities. Th e commu-nity project with the Drum-heller RCMP is a pilot. Dobrich said since the Drumheller launch, interest is growing throughout the province. “Because of what we have done here in Drumheller,

other detachments and ar-eas such as the Edmonton Police Service have taken notice. Th ey want to have the Duke of Edinburgh Awards with their police service", said Dobrich. "Fort McLeod is also trying to get involved.” Dobrich said they are looking for community leaders or organizational leaders who are interested in working with youth to train as mentors to help fa-cilitate the program. While the program is self-directed, mentors are there to lend support when needed. Th ey are planning more train-ing in the new year. Th ose interested can contact Do-brich at 403-823-7590 for more information. Th is week the students who have registered will be receiving their work report books used to track their community service hours

and progress. Dobrich said they are able to accommodate as many students who want to participate. It is a great re-sume-building tool, is rec-ognized internationally and can open doors for students in the future. “It has not only exceed-ed our expectations," said Dobrich, “it has blown us away.”

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Jack Schneider, Alberta, NWT and Nunavut presi-dent for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards addressed DVSS students. Since the Duke of Edinburgh Awards launched about a month ago, 80 students have signed up to participate.


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Alberta has never looked as beautiful as it does in the latest Travel Alberta televi-sion campaign. Th is fall, Travel Alberta launched its Remember to Breathe campaign. It high-lights the sights and sounds of Alberta that take your breath away and a num-ber of those vistas are from right here in the valley. inSide Drumheller caught up to the crews on August 5, while they were working in the valley in the Dorothy area, shooting scenes for the television campaign. On site for the fi lming, Royce Chwin, managing di-rector of global marketing and branding for Travel Al-berta, says this campaign is part of a branding journey. Last year Travel Alberta launched its Alberta Goose-bump Moments campaign. Th is is identifying things and places in the province that elicit deep feeling… give you goosebumps. He said the commercial series

explores the idea. While crews were in the valley they also shot at Horseshoe Canyon. Th e shots in and around are more focused on the summer campaign. Cur-rently the television spots are in wide circulation. Th e summer themed commer-cials will begin airing in the near future. Currently on the Travelal-bertacanada YouTube page, the videos made for the summer campaign are available to view. Th e area is featured prominently in a three minute Remember to Breathe video, and there is also a 90 second clip on the Badlands.

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As reported in the December 7 edition of Th e Drumheller Mail, council had been presented with a draft of the Responsible Pet Owners bylaw. Th e draft, if passed, would re-place the current Animal Con-trol bylaw and would require cat owners to register and tag their cats. Other changes within the draft include greater restric-tions regarding vicious dogs and larger fi nes for infractions of the bylaw. Reactions among residents have been mixed between those who wish the bylaw to go though, those who want it scrapped, and those who want something in between. “I’m not happy with it at all,” said Diane Synder. “I agree some of the bylaws regarding animals should be changed, but not to this extent.” Currently under the Animal Control Bylaw, dog owners al-ready pay an annual registration fee of $35 per dog. “I don’t think it's fair that dogs owners have to do so much, but cat owners don’t,” said Allison Fotheringham, a cat owner.

“A lot of cats can’t wear a col-lar,” said John Shoff , who owns a dog. “Th ey will scratch at their necks until they’re bleeding to get the collar off .” One of the goals of the draft is to reduced the number of fe-ral cats in Drumheller. However, there has been confusion among residents as to how cat registra-tion will achieve that goal. Sug-gestions have pointed to a spay-ing and neutering program, and although expensive, may be the only way to reduce the feral cat population. “As for licensing cats, if they think this will help get rid of the feral cats in Drumheller, think again, it’s not going to work,” said Snyder. “I understand that to get an animal fi xed is expensive and there are people that genuinely can’t aff ord it. But maybe there’s a government or town resource that could help people out with the cost.” “People have a valid concern that the cost of spaying and neu-tering an animal is high,” said Fotheringham. "I think part of the cost of licensing should go to a spay/neuter program.” Th ere is concern over the defi nition and penalties for vi-

cious dogs. Th e draft currently defi nes a vicious dog as any dog that is observed to have chased, injured, or bitten a person or other animal, damaged prop-erty, threatened or created the reasonable apprehension of a threat to a person or animal, or been previously determined to be a dangerous dog under the provincial Dangerous Dogs Act. “Th eir description of what a vicious animal is, essentially up to the bylaw offi cer,” said Shoff . “If the dog makes any sugges-tion of a bark or a bite, it could be deemed a vicious dog and it doesn’t matter what kind of dog it is. If a bylaw offi cer is threat-ened by my dog, I have to get a separate permit to have that dog and I have to get a two million dollar insurance policy on that dog.” Residents who are deemed to have a vicious dog would be re-quired to keep the dog at least one metre away from their prop-erty line, regardless if there is a fence or not. For example, were a resident to have a fence at the edge of their property, a vicious dog would still have be tied so as to not be within the one metre restriction.

“For one, I don’t understand the logic behind there being a one metre restriction between your dog and your property line,” said Shoff . “If you have a secure fence, and your dog can’t get out, you’re still breaking the law if the dog can go right up to the fence. If I have a dog, why can’t he run in my yard? "I’ve spoken to the police about an unrelated matter and one of the offi cers suggested

having a dog for personal safety. But the town is saying that we don’t want you to have a dog that is in any way aggressive.” Th e draft is currently just that. Council is awaiting feedback from residents to make an in-formed decision regarding the bylaw. Residents are encouraged to contact town councillors and make their opinions regarding the bylaw known. More infor-mation regarding the draft can be found at www.dinosaurval-ley.com/council-meeting-dates-minutes in the database under the agenda for the Council Com-mittee held on November 28. Discussion regarding the draft can be found on Th e Drumheller Mail’s Facebook page. “Th ere are a lot of people who are really upset now and who have already stated they will not donate anything more to the Humane Society,” said Snyder. “It’s a wonderful organization, but this is not the way to do it.” “If people don’t speak up, then that draft gets stamped and becomes a bylaw,” said Shoff . “We defi nitely need to not make this a bylaw, because it's way too restrictive.” “Cats, like dogs, are pets and not wild animals,” said Fother-ingham. “Th ey should be inside or in immediate contact with their owners.”


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November 4 - December 23, Rosebud: Rosebud Theatre presents The Gifts of the Magi. Call for tickets or information 1-800-267-7553.Friday, December 16, Morrin: 5th Annual Christmas Cantata presented by Bethany Lutheran Church of Morrin. “I Hear The Prophet Callin’” by Pepper Choplin. 7:30 pm at Morrin Hall. Free will offering.Saturday, December 17, Drumheller: 5th Annual Christmas Cantata presented by Bethany Lutheran Church of Morrin. “I Hear The Prophet Callin’” by Pepper Choplin. 7:30 pm at St. Magloire’s Anglican Church. Free will offering.Saturday, December 17, Morrin: Karaoke Night at the Morrin Hotel. 9 pm - 1 am.Fridays & Saturdays, December 9&10, 16&17, Three Hills: The Three Hills Ministerial would like to invite you to come and walk through Bethlehem. 100+ actors, animals, food, music. Free shows 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the old Home Building Centre.Sunday, December 18, Drumheller: Longest Night Service at Knox United Church. 7:30 p.m. All are welcome especially those with feelings of loss, pain and sadness.Sunday, December 18, Drumheller: 5th Annual Christmas Cantata pre-sented by Bethany Lutheran Church of Morrin. “I Hear The Prophet Callin’” by Pepper Choplin. 7:30 pm at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. Free will offering.Sunday, December 18, Drumheller: “Live from Bethlehem” Christmas play will be presented by the children and youth of Fellowship Baptist Church. The performance will be held in the church sanctuary. Everyone is welcome to attend. 10:30 am and 6:30 pm.Saturday, December 31, Drumheller: Celebrate New Year’s at the Legion. Dance to the music os ‘Starland’. Midnight buffet, transportation by request. Tickets on sale now (limited number). Call 403-823-5611.Saturday, December 31, Hussar: New Year’s Eve Murder Mystery Play & Dance. Cocktails, Supper & Dance. Starts at 5:00 p.m. Please see our ad on page B3 for ticket information.Monday evenings, Nacmine: Community Bingo at Nacmine Hall. Doors open 6 p.m. Bingo starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Margo MasseAge: If I tell you I’d have to kill you.Employer: Owner of Total Face and Body on 6th and Pedi Pro.Occupation: I do all aesthetic services for men and women. What do you like most about your job? I chose my job pur-posely when I was young so I could take it into retirement, put it down and pick it up any-time. Th e industry has evolved; so have I, I think.Dream job? No job at all!How long have you lived in the valley? Five years.Where are you from origi-nally? Ontario, but I travelled extensively for years. I worked in the cruise industry.What brought you to the val-ley? It was a fl uke. I came from the cruise industry to visit my sister in Calgary and I never left. I came to the valley fi ve years ago to promote a hotel and I got sucked up into the valley.What do you like most about living here? Th e topography, it’s beautiful. Th e drive in is like driving on the moon, it’s amaz-ing.Anything you would change? Yes, I would turn the entire downtown into a village of its own, with festivals, outside ca-fes and gelato bars. Make it a place where people want to stay. I’ve been saying that since I got here.What are some of your top travel destinations? I’ve been around the world twice, but I have fi ve on my bucket list. Ne-pal, India, New Zealand, Austra-lia, and the Samoas. And I will get there.What do you like to do on va-cation? I like to banter with the locals and wander places where

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This book is actually second in a trilogy, which we did not realize before making this choice. It is a fi ne story on its own, but after I researched the other books, I found the fi rst one to give a history of the main characters and the third one continues as a sequel just where this one leaves off.

Right from the start, you fear for the life of the central character, Lydia Ivanova. The year is 1928 and the setting is China. Sixteen year old Lydia and her mother are living in exile after her mother bought her life back from the Bolsheviks following the murder of her father in Russia.

Once again, we read about ingenious methods used to overcome adversity and hardships. The fearless and strong-willed young girl thrives and survives despite a life of poverty and danger. Her mother also has her own ingenious methods of survival. Other characters brought into the story are a rebellious young communist, a British school teacher, and various Chinese and Russian individuals. At some points, there seems to be an overabundance of people to keep track of. Personally, I found them interesting and diverse, with each one lending their own fl avour to the tale.

Historical fi ction provides an opportunity for glimpses into periods we wouldn’t normally consider. This one is situated in a white Russian settlement within China - war-torn China at that.

I am more of a Kate Furnivall fan than some and I have heard many contrary opinions regarding this particular book. Along with the rest of my book club, I enjoyed this novel. But, I am not sure if the characters grasped me enough to follow them into the sequel, The Concubine’s Secret.

We were not sure why the title refers to a Russian concubine, because neither Lydia nor her mother meet the defi nition of a concubine. The book was actually inspired by Kate Furnivall’s mother and grandparents, whose names are used as the characters in the story.

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The Russian Concubineby Kate Furnivall

The Christmas meeting of our book club focused on another Kate Furnivall novel – The Russian Concubine. We sipped wine,

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Christmas has changed con-siderably in the Drumheller Valley. inSide Drumheller sat down with Cecil and Ida Bot-kin and asked if they could share their Christmas memo-ries.

Ida: Both of our parents were really poor. Maybe we would get a pair of socks for Christ-mas, but nothing else. Th en one year my dad came from Oregon with his sister. She brought us each a doll. A doll is something you never forget when you’ve never had one. He’s about the same.

Cecil: Only worse.

Ida: You never even got a doll.

Cecil: We were farmers and we had nothing for Christmas. We didn’t even celebrate it, because we were so poor. We were lucky to get clothes.

Ida: My mom and dad used to

raise geese and chickens for Christmas dinner. We usually had a goose for Christmas. But, they couldn’t aff ord to buy a turkey. Other than that we had all the vegetables we needed. In 1944 we each had a week-end off for Christmas, so we got married. But, he went in the army right after that.

Cecil: We got married on the 23rd. Th at was our Christmas present. Two weeks later I was in the army.

Ida: Th at’s why we did it, be-cause he had got his call al-ready and we wanted to get married before he left. We’ve had 67 Christmases together.

Ida: We had our fi rst daughter on November 30. We were in Barrie, Ontario, at that time. What do you do with a baby for Christmas? Th ey don’t care whether they get anything or not. But we made sure that our own kids never suff ered for anything.

Cecil (left) and Ida Botkin grew up near Drumheller during the Great Depression, a time when getting socks for Christmas was greatly ap-preciated. The two married on December 23, 1944. This will be the couple’s 67th Christmas together.


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The Drumheller Drag-onsbroketheirthreegamelosing streak on Tuesday,December 13, on the roadagainst the Canmore Ea-gles.Thegamewasdecidedin overtime, the Dragonswinning8-7. The Dragons have facedoff against the Eagles infiveoftheirlasttengames.As of Tuesday’s game, theDragons have won two ofthosefivemeetings. The Eagles were the firstto reach the scoreboard inthehighscoringgame,get-ting two goals at 9:32 and10:10inthefirstperiod. RyanBloomgottheDrag-onsfirstgoalduringapow-erplaycourtesyofboardingand high sticking penaltiesby the Eagles. Doug Jonestiedthegame1:17later. By theendof the second

period the Dragons hadpulledahead5-4.TheDrag-ons and Eagles exchangedgoals in the third periodandtheDragonshelda7-6leaduntil16:14.TheEaglesgot a lucky break when agoal that had been wavedoffwasdeemedin. “It’soneofthosethings,alittle bit of adversity, we’vefaced a tonne this year. Ifwecanovercomeadversity,it makes us a better team,”said head coach BarryWolff. Thegameheadedtoover-time. Brennan Baxandall,unassisted,drovethegamewinninggoalpasttheEaglesgoalieandgavetheDragonsavitalwin. The Dragons powerplayplayedacriticalrole inthevictory. “We went two for five.That’s a great result, be-causewe’vebeenstruggling

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The Dragons were on the road on Tuesday, December 13, facing the Canmore Eagles. It was a high scoring game for both teams, but an overtime goal by Brennan Baxandall gave the Dragons an 8-7 victory over the Eagles. The Dragons are back home on Saturday the 17th against the Camrose Kodiaks, and the next evening against the Bon-neyville Pontiacs. inSide photo by Michael James


‘Tis the season for safe driving, and it appears so far Drumheller residents are getting the mes-sage. Th e Drumheller RCMP has stepped up its enforcement and has been staging a number of check stops leading up to and through the holiday season. Staff Sergeant Art Hopkins said awareness of the check stops is getting out. “Last Friday night and Satur-day they were really busy,” said Hopkins. “People are talking about it.” On top of the weekend check stops, Drumheller RCMP are also implementing random check stops. “If you are caught driving un-der the infl uence, there are many things that could happen, rang-ing from driving prohibition to vehicle seizures,” said Hopkins. “Th at is not including what could happen if someone gets hurt as a result of your actions while un-der the infl uence. Th e fi nancial implications to you and your family are huge should you get caught driving or are involved in a collision where someone gets hurt.” Hopkins said so far, during their check stops, no drivers have been charged with impaired driving. “Th ere have been some mi-nor drug possession charges and some open liquor charges, but there haven’t been any impaired drivers or 24 suspensions,” said Hopkins. “We have had a couple no insurance and other viola-tions.” He said the random check stops will continue through to the new year. Bottom line for Hopkins: if you are planning on drinking, plan on a ride home.


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Th e Sabres senior boys basketball team is 3-0 after defeating Hanna last Th urs-day at home. Th is was the fi rst time any senior boys basketball team from St. Anthony’s has defeated the J.C Charyk Hawks, and it was a battle. Th e Sabres came out slow and sloppy. Th ey were slug-gish implementing their of-fense and generating good shots. Passing fell fl at as they racked up seven turn-overs in the fi rst quarter alone while only scoring three baskets, ending the quarter 6-14. By the half the

Sabres were down 27-17. Th e team was ignited in the second half by small successes. By being more aggressive on off ence they were able to get in the paint and draw fouls. Th ey also stepped up their defensive eff orts on the press and capitalised on turnovers. By the end of the third quarter they were in striking dis-tance. With four minutes left in the game the Sabres fi nally pulled ahead for the fi rst time. Th e score see-sawed in the fi nal minutes. Th e Sabres were up 50-48 with one shot clock left. Th e Sa-bres turned over the ball

with 12 seconds left, but the defense stood strong not allowing the Hawks to tie the game. T.J. Jones led the way with 18 points while Tanner Borowicz, in his fi rst game of the season for the Sabres, came alive in the second half, with 17 points, two blocks and solid work on the off ensive and defensive glass. Th e Sabres are off to Acme this weekend for tournament play. On Friday night they face Holy Cross at 5:30 and Acme at 8:30. On Saturday they play Sen-ator Gershaw.

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T.J Jones scored 18 as the Sabres defeated the J.C. Charyk Hawks 50-48 last Tuesday.


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