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St. Anthony’s School was villain-free on Wednesday afternoon, as Ethan Klein, 7, Ella Guterson, 6, and Charli Calon, 6, patrolled the halls along with other student crime fi ghters during Superhero Day. The school celebrated their spirit this week, holding Pyjama and Crazy Hair Days among other quirkily themed days.

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Bounding from classroom to classroomBounding from classroom to classroom

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Patrick Kolafa | inSide Drumheller

Earth Day is just around the corner, and Communities in Bloom is swinging into action to get the community involved in making Drumheller a cleaner place to be. Th e Valley Trash Challenge is slated for Th ursday, April 21. Th is is where residents are chal-lenged to clean up their neigh-bourhoods. Th e endeavour is a partnership among communities in Bloom, Encana, the Badlands Community Garden, the Heart-wood Inn and Spa and the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Last year was very successful as volunteers fi lled a 20-yard bin donated by Top Waste with gar-bage found throughout the val-ley. Th is year they are hoping to attract more people to the event. “I want to get more people in-volved this year,” said Trish Park-er of Communities in Bloom. “We’re going to be bigger and better.” Last year the event prompted great support from the commu-nity. Not only did the challenge bring out a dedicated core of vol-unteers, but businesses were in-volved by cleaning up their own properties on their quest to make Drumheller garbage-free, but they also helped through corpo-

rate support. Th ey are looking to invite other groups or schools to join in the eff ort. Th e base of operation will be at the Heartwood Inn, and fol-lowing the collection, they will be gathering back at the Heartwood

for a barbecue and fun for the volunteers. On March 30, there will be a planning meeting at the Royal Tyrrell Museum at 3 p.m. Or-ganizers are inviting commu-nity groups that are interested to

come out and fi nd out how they can get involved. For more information contact Trish Parker at 403-823-0129 or see the Valley Trash Challenge 2011 Facebook page.

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Alberta RCMP released in-formation on charges against William Wade Bicknell on Wednesday, after the Drumheller Institution inmate escaped his escort guard and went on the lam for nine days. During that time, he held two people captive at gunpoint and was fi nally arrested after a police shootout near Sex-smith, AB. Convicted murderer Bicknell, 42, has been charged in relation to two separate events during his nine day stint as a fugitive. Th e Fort Saskatchewan charg-es include: escaping lawful custo-dy, theft under threat of violence, break and enter a dwelling house, kidnapping with a fi rearm, two counts of pointing a fi rearm, and unlawful confi nement with a fi re-arm. In Vegreville, he has been charged with kidnapping with a fi rearm, unlawful confi nement

with a fi rearm, pointing a fi re-arm, and break and enter a dwell-ing house with intent. Bicknell’s charges relating to Sexsmith are still under investi-gation. He led police on a 24 ki-lometre chase, disabled a RCMP car with gunfi re, and held a shootout with police before sur-rendering on a township road near Sexsmith. Bicknell is scheduled to ap-pear in Fort Saskatchewan court on March 24, and in Vegreville Courthouse on March 28. He will not be making a physical appear-ance in either court. Charges are pending for the Sexsmith case, with police say-ing they will notify media once charges have been decided. Bicknell escaped his Drumhell-er Institution escort on March 10, when police say he overpow-ered the unarmed guard, stole his van, and drove to his sister’s house. His sister, Sandra Myshak, is alleged to have provided Bick-

nell with weapons. He then fl ed in the van to another residence, where he disabled the van and the telephone lines before steal-ing a Chevy Impala. On March 14, while still at large, police say Bicknell held a 72 year old man at gunpoint for 10 hours in the man’s home near Vegreville, east of Edmonton. Th e elderly man was released un-harmed. Bicknell, 42, held an elderly woman hostage just north of Sexsmith on Saturday morning, before leaving her house in his stolen Chevy Impala around 4:00 p.m., media releases said. Bicknell was convicted in 2003 in the beating death of An-gela Steer, who was from Maple Ridge, B.C. He was convicted of second-degree murder and was handed a mandatory life sentence with no chance of parole for 10 years. Bicknell was downgraded to minimum-security at the Drum-

heller Institution, allowing him to take an escorted leave of absence, the Calgary Herald reported.

William Wade Bicknell, a Drum-heller Institution inmate who escaped custody on an escorted absence on March 10, was ar-rested Saturday and charged Tuesday in relation to two un-lawful confi nements in Fort Sas-katchewan and Vegreville, police said Wednesday.

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STREETERS

Kevin McLellan"I’m ready for it, but we

wont get a good government if someone doesn’t get a

majority.”

Tara Semchuk“We need one, we need some change and our government is not doing what the people

want.”

Brenda Epp“It’s just going to cost the

taxpayers money. Spend it on something we actually need.”

It appears federal opposition parties will call

for a vote of non-confi dence of the Tories, so inSide

Drumheller asks, “Are you prepared for a

federal election?”

Tina Mraz“No, I want Harper to stay, he

has good values. Stand for something or we’ll all fall for

anything.”

Last year staff of Hi-Way 9 Ex-press were out in force at the Val-ley Trash Challenge 2010. This year’s committee is hoping to garner the support of groups and business throughout the valley to take part in making Drumheller a cleaner place to live.

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Volunteers collected hundreds of pounds of trash from the street and pathways of Drumheller at last year's Earth Day Trash Challenge. This year’s event is slated for Thursday, April 21, and all are

welcome to pitch in. Community groups wishing to get involved in the event can send a represen-tative to a planning meeting on March 30 at 3 p.m. at the Royal Tyrrell Museum.

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Patrick Kolafa | inSide Drumheller

Th e Centennial Planning Committee is busy getting ready for its May Day celebration, fol-lowing a tradition of miners over the years. Th e committee has planned two days of celebrations spread over Saturday, April 30 and Sun-day, May 1. Jay Russell of the Atlas Coal Mine said May Day holds a spe-cial place in the history of labour and especially miners. “May 1 has traditionally been a day of celebration across the world for workers, and of course miners in the Drumheller val-ley always commemorated May Day,” said Russell. “It is my un-derstanding if May 1st landed on a school day, even though it wasn’t offi cial, kids knew there would be a sports day, they knew there would be a march, all kinds of activity… there would even be the rare chance they would get an ice cream cone, they would skip school.” “We picked it because it is an important day for miners and their families.” He said since the advent of La-bour Day in September, May Day was typically observed as a more serious day for union and labour issues, while Labour Day evolved into a family holiday. “Of course this year we are us-ing it as the May Day Miners Fes-tival, so we are looking at it as a more jubilant kind of day,” said Russell. Activities on Saturday, April 30 will be centered around East Coulee. “Even though we are the At-las Coal Mine National Historic Site, ourselves, we don’t just re-member the Atlas Coal Mine, our mandate is to remember the entire Drumheller district from Nacmine to Dunphy to Willow Creek to here. It is fi tting that some of the celebration of the Miners Centennial should be spread thought the existing com-munities today,” said Russell. Of course, the Atlas Coal Mine will be open for visits and tours on this day starting at 10 a.m. At 2 p.m. the East Coulee School Museum will be hosting activi-ties and serving ice cream. At 3 p.m., there will be a book launch of Lawrence Chrismas’ latest project. In addition, Joe

Vickers, who has been commis-sioned to write an album in cel-ebration of the centennial of coal mining, will perform. Th is is followed at 4 p.m. by a Hungarian Fruit Dance. “To my understanding, at cer-tain times of the year when they have this dance, they would hang fruit and goodies down above the dance fl oor, and if you picked them and got caught, you would have to pay for them. If you didn’t get caught you got to keep them,” explained Russell. Th e celebration will continue as Lothar the Magician will be debuting his new ghost walk in Downtown Drumheller. Th ere will also be opportunities for the ghost walk on Sunday. Vickers will also be performing at the Last Chance Saloon at 9 p.m. On Sunday, festivities will be in Downtown Drumheller with a pancake breakfast leading into a street festival. Th ere will be costumed characters, music and entertainment. Th e DVSS gradu-ating class will be hosting a bar-becue during the event. Organiz-ers are asking those with vintage cars from the days of mining to come down and show them off . Organizers insist the cars need not be in pristine condition, but like they would have been in the day of coal. May Day will also be the re-launch of the driving tour signs of historical sites. Th e Drumheller

Rotary Club installed these signs throughout the valley many years ago. Th ey have funded a refur-bishing of the signs, in coopera-tion with the Royal Tyrrell Mu-seum, which designed the new signs. Th ey will be unveiled on this day, and will also be turned over to the Atlas Coal Mine, which will take on stewardship of the signs. At 1 p.m., there will be a miner procession in Downtown Drum-heller in the spirit of May Day. Th is is for miners and all their

descendants who have a little coal dust in their blood. Linda Digby, taking a line from a song given to her by a descen-dant of a miner, “We rise again through the faces of our children. “Th is is what the procession is really all about because there will be miners, miners’ children, miners’ grandchildren and we are even expecting miners’ great grandchildren. Th at is what tied them all together.” During the afternoon, resi-dents can also learn more about

the make up of the valley and its dozens of mines. Fred Orosz has teamed up with Wild West Tours to present a guided tour of the valley relic mine sites. Russell outlined the signifi -cance of marking the centennial. “It is important that while we still have those families we con-nect with them and celebrate in remembrance of the contribu-tions they made not only to our community, but building this part of the country because of our community,” said Russell.

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While May Day has not been widely observed in Drumheller for years, organizers are marking the centennial of coal mining in the valley on Saturday,

April 30 and Sunday, May 1, with all kinds of activi-ties.

photo courtesy of Atlas Coal Mine

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By the time most read-ers will see this news story, there is a good chance that a date will be set for the next federal election. What is certain is the leaders and politicians from the major political parties are in election mode. On Tuesday, Finance Min-ster Jim Flaherty brought down the federal budget and almost instantly it was universally panned by the opposition parties. With the government not ap-pearing to budge and make concessions, it appears the country is heading into its next federal election. Th e Liberals gave a Notice of Motion on Wednesday, and it is expected the govern-ment will fall today (Friday). It is not unexpected judg-ing by what is in the bud-get, said Owen Neal, social studies teacher at DVSS. He said it is an election budget, and it might be the best kick at the can for the Conserva-tives to gain its majority. "Th e opposition par-ties have no ideas, there is

nothing new they are bring-ing to the table, there are no proposals, there are no platforms,” said Neal. “Th ey don’t have much money, and there isn’t a very strong leader of the opposition groups and they have no momentum.” He adds that opinion polls put the Conservatives in the range of a major-ity government. In the last election, the Conservatives won 143 of the 308 seats in Parliament, about a dozen short of the majority gov-ernment. “For the Conservatives, this is their opportunity,” said Neal. Curtis Phillips teaches high school social studies at St. Anthony’s School. As part of current events, the topic of the election comes up, and some of his stu-dents are engaged. “Some of my students, especially the ones who are turning 18 seem to be enthusiastic about voting,” said Phillips. He agrees that this latest budget is an election bud-get. “If the government goes down, they will be able to look at the social programs and social spending, and say, ‘Th e NDP wanted this and we tried to accommo-date them, we tried to work with them, and they voted it down,’” said Phillips. “It is electioneering on all sides at this point.” His hope for his students during an election years is that they pay attention to the discourse, but focus on the process and the issues.

“My big concern is hyper partisanship,” he said. “In the past you might say ‘Th is person loves the country, they just have a diff erent view than I have because it is a battle of ideas.’ Now it has become a battle of per-sonalities, where this per-son is no longer a person I disagree with, but a person who hates the country and we want to do everything to destroy his philosophy, and it goes both ways, left and right.” Neal said Canadian po-litical systems is a part of the Grade 9 curriculum, although he expects most teachers would discuss something as impending as a federal election. “Some (students) are very interested, there is always that group of stu-dents, where it is a passion of theirs and they are very knowledgeable,” said Neal, adding it doesn’t hold the attention of many others. “It is still a distant re-moved idea for a lot of stu-dents to concentrate on these things.” Phillips said for students to experience an election at this age might help them develop their own political ideals. “Some have a very strong sense in what they believe. Th ey have a fi rm grasp, and when they get to the upper high school age, they are very strong on that regard,” said Phillips. “In Grade 10, they are still not very cer-tain, they are still learning about politics and their own ideological beliefs and that is an ongoing process.”

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Some municipalities in Southern Alberta in the Cypress Hills and Medicine Hat areas are preparing for fl ood concerns due to the melt of a record snowfall. Th e province of Alberta has provided $1.2 million to help people in southeastern Alberta prepare for fl ood-ing. On March 16, a television news story was aired on a Calgary TV station about the fl ooding in southern Alberta. At the end of the story the news anchor mentioned that “there are reports of fl ooding in other parts of the province in-cluding the Drumheller area and Highway 3.” CAO for the Town of Drumheller, Ray Roma-netz said, “Th e mention of Drumheller in the story is inaccurate as there are no indications that Drum-heller will be in danger of fl ooding right now. Cur-rently in Drumheller we are experiencing a spring melt, not a fl ood.” Mr. Romanetz

went on to explain, “When it gets warm again, we may see some water pools on the street or wet basements, but there are no fl ood con-ditions present. If there is a fl ood forecast, we would be working with Alberta Envi-ronment and implementing our disaster services plan.” Alberta Environment confi rmed that currently there is no fl ood danger for Drumheller. Th ey ex-plained that the snow in the Red Deer Basin head-waters is average; however there is more snow on the plains which could account for localized fl ooding in certain areas of the prov-ince. If a fl ood were to oc-cur in Drumheller it would be a combination of moun-tain and ground snow melt with a heavy rainfall com-bination. Th e last fl ood in Drumheller was in June of 2005. Drumheller is experienc-ing some localized fl ooding resulting from frozen cul-verts and snow accumula-tions in back alleys.

Media reports of Drumheller fl ooding inaccurate: town

Town offi cials are saying Drumheller is not in threat of fl oods, after a Calgary TV station reported the town was undergoing fl oods from water melts. The Alberta government has spent $1.2 million in fl ood

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Here is a recipe to enjoy one pan now and one to freeze. Each serves about 6 people. Of course you could half the recipe and make just one casserole.This is a good use for extra stuffi ng when you have made too much.I think the farmers would enjoy this meal out in the fi eld during seeding or harvest seasons. A handy one to have on hand in the freezer! Chicken Cordon Bleu Bake2 - 6 oz. pkgs. Stuffi ng mix1 can cream of chicken soup1 cup milk8 cups cooked chicken, cubed3/4 lb. deli ham, cut in 1 inch strips1 cup shredded Swiss cheese3 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Prepare the stuffi ng as per package directions.

Combine the soup with the milk in a bowl and set aside.

Divide chicken between 2 greased 9 x 13 pans. Sprinkle with pepper.

Layer ham, then Swiss, then 1 cup cheddar, the soup mixture, and stuffi ng.

Top with remaining cheddar.Cover and freeze one for up to 3 months. Cover and bake the other at 350 for ½ hour. Uncover and bake 10 - 15 minutes longer.

To cook the frozen casserole, thaw in fridge overnight. Remove from fridge ½ hour before baking. Cover and bake 350 for 45 minutes and then 10-15 minutes more uncovered.

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Th ose wishing to play in the Drumheller Mixed Slowpitch League this season must have a team member present at this year’s annual meeting to register. Th e meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Th is year they have set the maximum number of teams at 24, due to diamond availability. It will be fi rst come fi rst serve. Slowpitch is a tradition in the valley, but it has grown leaps and bounds over the last four years. With 24 teams, there are in the area of 250 ball players partici-pating each spring. Games go from Tuesday to Friday, begin-ning at the end of April, depend-ing on weather. Th e name of the game is fun. Th e goal is to enjoy a evening a week out in the fresh air with friends, and to hopefully hit a few balls. Rick and Anita Lobe have been organizing the league for the past few season, but with more time commitments, they are not able to continue with the responsibil-ity. Th ey want to thank Brandi Howard, who has helped as trea-surer for the last four seasons. Th ey are hoping someone at

the annual meeting will be able to pick up the torch and run with it. Rick explains that this season it should be cruise control for whoever decides to take it on. He has already booked the dia-monds, and says he will help with the logistics such as scheduling. He adds those new to the val-ley, or those wishing to play, but

do not have a team, can come to the meeting on April 5 at the Civic Centre. By the end of the evening play-ers without a team will be picked up by a squad. For more information, contact Rick or Anita Lobe at 403-823-3428, or [email protected].

Donald Wilson, production coordinator at Encana, left, presents Rick Lobe of the Drumheller Mixed Slowpitch League with a contribution of $2,000. Encana donated the funds at the end of August last year. They will be used in the 2011 season for diamond rentals and tourna-ment expenses.

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Mixed slowpitch meeting and registration coming up

Patrick Kolafa | inSide Drumheller

While the 2011 performances of the Canadian Badlands Pas-sion Play are about four months away, things are looking bright for this year’s show. Th is year the Passion Play will be opening with its 100th perfor-mance. Th e Passion Play Board was formed in 1990, and in 1994, it staged its fi rst performance. While some years have been leaner than others, this year ap-pears to be strong, and following an upward trend. As of mid March pre-sales of tickets have already surpassed 1,800.

“Th at is a quite a bit up from the previous years. When you go back to 2008, you only see 300 at this time, that is quite a change,” said Passion Play general Manag-er Vance Neudorf. “Th e numbers are defi nitely jumping.” Th is is following a very success-ful 2010 season that saw more than 12,000 take in the dramati-zation of the life, death and res-urrection of Jesus Christ. About 95 per cent of the attendees were from out of town, reinforcing the play’s power as an attraction. Last year also saw a nomina-tion for an Alberta Tourism in-dustry award. Th ere are great plans for this season. Th e most exciting of

which is a new script. Royal Sproule has been working on the new script, basing it on the artis-tically written gospel of John. Last year they began renova-tions on the site, including lodge renovations, set changes, the ad-dition of seats and more acces-sible seating. Th e improvements continue this season. One of the highlights is a new sound system. Neudorf said they are working diligently to have it designed and installed in time for this year’s performance. Auditions have been complet-ed and rehearsals start in May. For more information on the Passion Play, go to www.canadi-anpassionplay.com

The Passion Play is looking forward to a strong sea-son, and is seeing a dramatic increase of ticket sales compared to previous seasons. This year

they will be presenting their 100th performance.photo submitted

Passion Play seeing strong pre-sales for historic season

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WHOare you?Age: 42.Employer: Drumheller Li-quor/Newcastle Bar.Job Title: Cashier/waitress.What do you do in your spare time? Read books, play poker on Facebook.Favourite colour? Anyone to do with the Canucks.Favourite sports team? Vancouver Canucks.What’s the one piece of technology you couldn’t live without? Right now it’d be my phone.What would you do with

$1,000,000? Spend it on my family.What would be your theme song? Anything by Keith Ur-ban, I love that guy.Favourite movie? Th e Lion King.Favourite TV show? Crimi-nal Minds.Words of wisdom? Oh well, there’s always next year.Dream car? Ford Mustang, or anything Ford.Dream job? To work for the Vancouver Canucks.If you had to choose one

thing to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be? Chicken and rice.Who’s your hero? I’ve al-ways admired John F. Ken-nedy.What three things would you bring to a desert is-land? Water, food, and books.If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? “Th e Duke” John Wayne. I’d serve him some home cooked bannock and whiskey.

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Who are you? is a weekly feature that profiles various young, professional Drumhellerites.

Know someone who we should get to know better? Please give us a call at 403-823-2580, fax at 403-823-3864 or email [email protected]

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Local soft-country rock art-ist Colleen will be releasing her debut album Looking at Love on March 25 in Drumheller, and is taking advantage of the oppor-tunity to contribute to eff orts in Japan. “Th ere are always needs great-er than our own, and it needs to be done now. I might as well use this opportunity to make a dif-ference and do what I can do to help,” says Colleen about the 25 per cent donations from album sales to the Canadian Red Cross. “I write and sing and perform for a cause, and I feel that I’ve been given so much in my life. If I can use my music as a tool, that’s just what I love doing.” Colleen Doey says the re-ception to her album has been strong. “It’s coming, it’s just all a part of getting known and getting it out there. I’ve been getting many testimonials and it’s been really positive and encouraging,” she says. “It’s inspired people to do what they’ve been putting off do-ing.”

“To pass on inspiration to do what you love to do, no matter how old you are, is something I want to do.” Colleen, now 42, says releasing an album typically at a time when musicians are winding down their career has been a high hur-dle but well worth the jump. “Th at’s what held me back for so long. I feel like it’s just the right time for my love, it’s full of love and appreciation of each other and the world around you. I think it’s as good a time as any

to remind people of that.” Th e release party for her debut album was a long time coming, with the CD fi nished in Decem-ber of last year. Th e show will start at 7:00 p.m. at the Rising Star Grill. Donations for the Red Cross are welcome, and following her show the bar’s usual karaoke night will collect money for songs to also go to the aid organization. Colleen describes the album as “a little bit of Jewel Jesse Farell and Olivia Newton-John.”

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Saturday, March 26, Drumheller: Author Visit. Donna Balzer - No Guff Vegetable Garden. 2:00 p.m., Keystone Condo Common Room. 290 - 2nd Street East entrance. Hosted by Drumheller Garden Groups and The Drumheller Public Library. Free admission.Saturday, April 2, Drumheller: Dance & Fitness Marathon at carol todor dance school. A fundraiser supporting the Badlands Community Facility. 9 am - 6 pm. Ages 11 and up, great prizes. Call 403-823-4377 for more information.Thursday, April 7, Drumheller: Grand Opening of the Drumheller Farmers’ Market. Greentree Mall, 4-7:30 p.m. Markets will be held April 7 - September 29. Contact Yari at 403-823-5546.

Friday, March 25 - Thursday, March 31, Drumheller: Playing at the Napier Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Battle: LA and Sat. & Sun., March 26 & 27 Matinees 2:00 p.m. Held Over!!! RANGO.Friday, March 25, Drumheller: Colleen - Looking at Love CD Launch. 7 p.m. 190 Railway Ave. Downtown Drumheller. Friday, March 25, Drumheller: Karaoke at Rising Star! 190 Railway Ave. Downtown Drumheller. Saturday, March 26, Drumheller: The Mutts - “Live Down Home Music at The Old Grouch’s. 6:00 p.m. Full buffet and live entertainment. Celebrate Fran’s 65th Birthday along with Birthday Buddies!Saturday, March 26, Drumheller: Live Band at Rising Star. Sub Viberations. Double DJ Hosts Mark Urealiaz and The Canadian Ghost. 190 Railway Ave. Downtown Drumheller.Monday, March 28, Drumheller: The Reel Alternative presents Incendies. 7:30 pm, Napier Theatre, Rated 14A. Library members $8, non-member $9.Wednesday, March 30, Drumheller: Tricia Hatch Dance, 6 week spring session classes start March 30. Various classes available for children 2-8 years old. To learn more or register, visit web.me.com/hatch4 or phone 403-823-3830. Friday & Saturday, April 1 & 2, Carbon: Slaughter at the Circus, Dinner Theatre. Farmers Exchange Building. Tickets $50. Call 403-572-3244. Hosted by the Carbon and Area Restoration Society.Tuesday, April 4, Drumheller: Richard Cosgrave Tarp Auction. Reception 4 pm, Auction 5 pm.Saturday, April 9, Drumheller: Dinosaur Trail Golf & Country Club pres-ents Annual Fundraising Auction 2011. Changed location at the Stampede Barn. Cocktails at 5:30 pm and dinner at 6:00 pm. Tickets $25. For com-plete details phone 403.823.5622.Friday & Saturday, April 8 & 9, Carbon: Slaughter at the Circus, Dinner Theatre. Farmers Exchange Building. Tickets $50. Call 403-572-3244. Hosted by the Carbon and Area Restoration Society.Monday evenings, Nacmine: Community Bingo at the Hall. Doors open 6 p.m. Bingo starts 7:30 p.m.Fridays, Newcastle: Karaoke every Friday. Drumheller’s original Friday Night Karaoke with professional sound and hosting by SUZI.

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Local soft-country rock musician Colleen will be performing at the CD release party for her debut al-bum Looking at Love at the Ris-ing Star Grill on Friday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m.

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The Rosedale Fire Department was called out to a single vehicle truck fi re at 7:40 a.m. Thursday morning. A truck operated by Transco Services caught fi re one kilometre east of the Highway 10 and 56 intersection and was fully engulfed. Passersby tried to put out the fi re with extinguishers but the truck was a total loss. No injuries were reported.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, it will be a momentous week and you're not sure what to expect. Take your camera along and docu-ment everything because it prom-ises to be memorable.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, stop and sit for a few min-utes because there won't be much time for that in the days to come. Things will be moving at a breakneck pace.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, there are more opportuni-ties for success this week than you originally thought. If you devote a few hours each day, you will see your goals realized faster.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, asking for help isn't always easy, but you may have to open up and solicit friends or family for a little assistance. You will be able to repay the favor soon.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, be cognizant of how your tone of voice can infer meaning into what you are saying. If you're trying to keep something a secret, you have to be careful.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, if you're down in the dumps it's high time you change your situation. It may not be easy but you have to take the fi rst step. Aquarius plays a big role.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, just when you thought you couldn't have any more bad luck, things do a complete 180. Now is the time to appreciate all of your good fortune.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22There's little time for staying put, Scorpio. You have a lot of things to accomplish even though one big thing has been taken care of. It could put a strain on your fi nances.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21With the tax-fi ling deadline on the horizon, it is wise to get all your fi -nancial ducks in a row, Sagittarius. If you've put off anything, now is the time to get it tackled.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, unexpected problems at home continue to try your patience. There is no way to avoid the situa-tion, so you simply have to deal with it for the time being.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Something is bound to upset the apple cart this week, Aquarius. How you deal with it will go a long way to showing others how you operate un-der pressure.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Take the initiative at work, Pisces. Show your boss that you have the desire to get ahead and the brains to go with the package.

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GREENEMargaret Alice

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Margaret was born to Charles and Lillian Bannister in a log cabin at Highway, Alberta. Margaret was Gordon’s wife and best friend for 57 years. She is survived by her husband Gordon and her two sons Dale (Leanne) of Fort St. John, B.C., and Dennis of Kamloops, B.C., and daughter Wendy (Metro) of Munson, AB, and her sister Ann (Neils) Madsen of Drumheller; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Margaret trained as a nurse’s aide in Calgary in 1952. She met Gordon while she worked at the Drumheller Hospital, and they were married October 15, 1953. Margaret was predeceased by both parents and four brothers, Robert, Chuck, Raymond and Harold Bannister. Margaret enjoyed her family and home and of course, her gardening and walking, and playing bridge was one of her many interests. Services to be held Saturday, March 26, at 2 p.m. at Knox United Church. In lieu of fl owers, donations to S.T.A.R.S. or Drumheller Health Care Centre would be appreciated. 12p

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Leading the Way on Jobs and Growth  OTTAWA – Member of Par-liament Kevin Sorenson says that the Conservative government’s 2011 Budget, the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, will build on the eff orts the pre-vious two federal budgets con-tinuing to protect and create jobs; help hard-working Cana-dians and their families; grow the economy; reduce the federal budgetary defi cit and eliminate it.  “Our budget delivers more for seniors, more for families with children, and more for our com-munities,” Sorenson says.  “Budget 2011 provides an enhanced Guaranteed Income Supplement for many seniors in our riding: up to $600 for single seniors and $840 for couples.  We want to forgive up to $40,000 of the loans new family physi-cians have and up to $20,000 for nurses to attract them to our ru-ral communities.  Families trying to provide their children with arts education (music and dance lessons for example) will have a tax credit.  Caregivers taking care of loved ones will get a tax break for their eff orts.  We have a new $3,000 volunteer fi refi ght-ers’ tax credit; and the waiving of license renewal fees for hunt-

ers and fi rearm owners.  Again, we are improving federal student loans program for Alberta stu-dents; and increasing support for research and technology, in-cluding $50 million in funds for agriculture innovation.    Th ese are important initiatives that will serve us in rural Alberta,” MP So-renson points out.  “Canada is emerging from the global economic recession in a better position than virtually all other countries.  We have the lowest budgetary defi cit.  Cana-dians understand that we spent that money to save and create jobs during the recession.  Bud-get 2011 maps out the eff orts we will take to continue to pay down debt and yet continue spend-ing on programs and services Canadians value highly.  It is a good balance, in my view.  It is a low-tax plan to create jobs and growth,” Sorenson maintains. “We continue to build on the work we have been completing with provinces, municipalities, local groups and communities.  As the government, we have widely consulted Canadians to deliver what we need to ensure a prosperous future.” For more information: call Kevin Sorenson, MP at 613-947-4608.

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Th e Drumheller RCMP are taking information from resi-dents who are concerned about getting a refund from Ski the Badlands. A pledge was made to those who purchased ski passes for the Drumheller Ski Hill for the 2010-2011 season, that they would be receiving a refund. Th is came af-ter an off er of a short-term lease from the Town of Drumheller was rejected by the Drumheller Valley Ski Club (1997) and Bad-lands Ski Hill. A press release posted on Ski Drumheller said they have “im-mediately put in works necessary legalities for this process and are pleased to provide refunds in full

to our pass holders.” inSide Drumheller reported in its March 11 edition that many residents were still waiting to hear the details of the refund. Constable Andrew Grainger said RCMP have been monitor-ing the situation. “I have been basically collect-ing information, getting receipts and cheques they have paid, and we are going to compile it,” said Grainger. He said the police are not for-mally investigating the issue. Th ey have received information from about six residents. Grainger said residents who are concerned can pass their in-formation along to the RCMP, by calling 403-823-7590.

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ANNOUNCEMENTSDIRECT ENERGY and the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) invite Al-bertans to help recognize our province’s re-markable volunteer spirit with the seventh annual volunteer Citizen of the Year Award. Nominations are now being accepted and will close Friday, April, 1, 2011. The Al-berta Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award program is designed to recognize the sig-nifi cant efforts of these individuals whose contributions make their communities a bet-ter place to live. The award itself consists of: $1,000. cash prize to the winner; $5,000 cash grant to the winner’s organization/cause of choice in their respective com-munity; recognition of the winner’s achieve-ment through a commemorative award, article and photo to be published in AWNA newspapers across Alberta; $1, 000. cash grant to four semi-fi nalists’ organization/cause of choice in their respective com-munities; and special recognition of the four semi-fi nalists. Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award rules and details can be found online at www.awna.com or www.directenergy.com/vcoy, or can be picked up at AWNA member newspaper offi ces. ATTENTION RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS! If you received the CEP (Common Experience Payment), you may be eligible for further cash compensation. To see if you qualify, phone toll free 1-877-988-1145 now. Free service!

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ing to travel. Possibility for international work. Experience working with aborigi-nal community helpful. Educational back-ground in land and resource reclamation benefi cial. French or other languages would be an asset. Great family owned business to work with. Competitive salary/negotiable. Bonuses. Benefi ts. Phone: HR Consultant Mike 780-445-0020. Fax resume to 780-482-0931. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.ner.ab.ca. HOLIDAY ON HORSEBACK in Banff, Al-berta. Seeking individuals interested in rid-ing in the Rockies! Hiring for trail guides, cooks, carriage drivers and packers. Horse experience required. Also looking for sales clerks/reservation agents in busy west-ern shop. Must share enthusiasm for the western lifestyle! Staff accommodation available; [email protected]; www.horseback.com. SEEKING A CAREER in the Community Newspaper business? Post your resume for FREE right where the publishers are look-ing. Visit: www.awna.com/resumes_add.php.

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Concerns over insurance for the Canada Day Parade have been alleviated, says Chamber of Commerce manager Kathy Little. Last year’s Santa Claus Parade in Drumheller was cancelled. Th en Chamber manager Heather Bitz told Th e Mail this was due to changes in the Chamber’s insur-

ance policy and some require-ments in regards to liability in-surance. Little says these concerns have been ironed out. “Th e agent that we purchase insurance from to spoke to the company that underwrites the insurance and explained to them it is small parade and we have been doing it for quite a long

time,” said Little. “Th ese are huge insurance companies and they are not al-ways abreast of small commu-nities and small communities always hold small parades. Even the Santa Claus Parade will also go ahead.” She says other events such as the Calgary Stampede Parade requires that participants in the

parade carry insurance. Th is will not be the case in Drumheller. Th is year’s parade theme is fo-cused around the centennial of coal mining in the valley. It has been set for quite some time. Th e Chamber will be making available registration forms. It wishes those who are interested in participating register in ad-vance. It allows organizers to plan logistics on the day of the event. Registration forms can be ob-tained from Chamber assistant Roxanne Clarke at the Chamber

offi ce. Th ose interested in par-ticipating can call the Chamber offi ce at 403-823-8100 or e-mail [email protected]. Th ey are planning to make reg-istration forms available online shortly. Th e Town of Drumheller is also gearing up for Canada Day, and is looking for local entertainment. It has put a call out for local en-tertainers or band members who are interested in performing to contact [email protected] or call 403-823-6300.

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Emily Albright didn’t think twice before shedding her waist long hair for cancer, an idea she spear-headed on her own. Emily, 6, says it is "kind of weird" someone else will be wearing her brown hair after it was donated to the Chop Shop, who will send it to Angel Hair, an organization that makes wigs for children who lost theirs from cancer treatments. “I thought it was good to give back too, she was born with an illness and people donated special, ex-pensive equipment to treat it,” says mother Nanci Albright. “I like it because I can brush it for myself now,” smiles Emily. Emily says she got the idea to donate her locks

from an assembly at school. Nanci says she doesn’t know anyone in the family who suff ered from can-cer. “She’s a bubbly personality and very giving. She’s defi nitely mature past her years for being only six,” said Nanci, who added Emily’s whim was surpris-ing. “When she was younger, she had a bad habit of chewing her hair. I told her if she kept doing it I’d cut it short so she couldn’t chew it. She was always scared I’d tell the dresser to cut it off whenever we went to for a trim.” Nanci says Emily’s happy with her newfound short hair, and laughs when people mention the change. “She says she can’t wait for it to grow back so she can do it again.”

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Many valley minor hockey clubs are still fi nishing up their post-season play. Th e Bertram Drilling midg-et Raptors lost their second game in the league fi nals against Chestermere Tuesday night, 4-3 at the Memorial Arena. “Th e boys have done well in their play-off s, this is their fi rst loss,” said manager Tony Lacher, adding the Raptors swept both Rocky Mountain House and Lethbridge. “Whoever comes out on Monday night is where the banner will go,” Lacher said of the fi nal game of the Ches-termere series. Th e exact time and date has yet to be decided, he said. Th e Bertram Drilling Rap-tors have been hungry, despite having a short bench of only 11 players. “We’ve kind of survived the year that way. (Tuesday) night was the fi rst time we took af-fi liates, and it gave us a little

bit more depth.” Lacher said the coach-ing staff is trying to keep the team’s confi dence up heading into this fi nal. “Just to stay out of the box, they know they’re contenders. We have some solid goalten-ding and guys who can put the puck in the net. It’s about getting lots of shots, because some of them are going to go in. Th e Raptors were 1-1 go-ing into the second, but fell to a 3-point defi cit before they clawed back to make it 4-3 at the end. Th e Boston Pizza bantam Raptors are fi nished after los-ing to Cochrane, 8-1 in Co-chrane and 5-1 in Drumheller two weekends ago. “It was a really good sea-son, we started out with our fi rst seven games with three losses and three ties. We fi n-ished up our season with a lot more wins and made it into the play-off s. Cochrane had a really good team,” said coach Bob Th omson. “We weren’t evenly matched, they were a really strong team.” Th omson said it felt as if

they were playing with a short bench all year, with players out with sickness and injury for much of the regular sea-son. He says only three kids are moving up to midget next year, giving hope for a strong season next year. “We’re going to have a good nucleus going forward, and there will be some good play-ers coming up from peewee. We should be good across the board next year.” Th e Raptors will be compet-ing in the Value Drug Mart tournament on March 31 to April 3 in Calgary. Th e Encana atom Raptors fi nished their season, 4-3 and 7-6 against Strathmore. “Th ey were really close games, the kids did really well. For the youngest team in the league to fi nish fi rst in the reg-ular season, and lose in fi nals – they gained a lot of experi-ence this year,” said coach Paul Richard. “Can’t complain, it’s all good and the kids are looking forward to the Tour-nament of Champions in La-combe.” Drumheller will have a re-ally strong team next year,

with nine players returning to atom, Richard says. Th e Lacombe tournament takes place the weekend of March 26. Th e CNRL bantams lost their banner game on March 21, 5-3 against Cochrane af-ter pushing into game three. Th e Raptors beat them 6-4 in game two, and game one saw Cochrane beat them 4-3 in double overtime. “It was a good season, defi -nitely making provincials and making fi rst place by the end of the season is what the kids looked forward to. It was real-ly close,” says head coach Dan Belliveau. “Th e games were very back and forth.” Th e CNRL bantams fi n-ished fi rst in their round robin pool at tournament last week-end, but lost in the semi-fi nal game, 8-4 against Vermillion. “All of our games that we won, we won by one or two goals. Th e players are a little down on themselves after fi n-ishing with a tough loss last night, but they’re happy with the season,” Belliveau said.

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