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Grade 6 students from Greentree and Morrin School hit the fl oor for the fi fth annual knee hockey tournament at Greentree School on February 15. The tournament raises awareness about the harm-ful effects of smoking and, this year, focused on chewing tobacco as well. For more about the tournament see page 4.

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Th e Drumheller Fields store, which has occupied the Valley Plaza for the last 28 years, will be closing this year. Th is week, parent company Hudson’s Bay Company, an-nounced that it would be closing all of its Fields stores across Canada. Th is is just a month after it closed 26 stores in Ontario. In all 167 will be closed by this fall. “After careful consideration, Hudson’s Bay Company has announced we will wind down our Fields store operations,” said Tiff any Bourré, external communications manager for

Hudson’s Bay Company. “We will wind down the remaining 141 store locations across the country in phases, with clo-sures complete by Fall 2012.” Th e Drumheller store opened in August of 1984 in the location, which was previously Vicker’s Grocery. Currently it has four staff members. Manager Diane Shymanski has been with the store since it opened. Th e Hudson’s Bay Company operates under the banners of the Bay, Zellers and Home Outfi tters. In January, it ac-quired Lord and Taylor Hold-ings LLC, a US department store. As part of that transac-

tion, Hudson’s Bay Company invested $427 million, which went to reducing Lord & Tay-lor’s corporate debt. “Th is is a strategic decision by Hudson’s Bay Company to focus on growing our other banners: Th e Bay, Lord & Taylor and Home Outfi tters,” said Tiff any Bourré. “Fields was proud to serve the many communities across Canada where our stores were located and would like to thank all of our customers for their loy-alty. Hudson’s Bay Company would like to thank all Fields associates for their dedicated service. “

This week Hudson’s Bay Company announced it would be closing Fields Stores across Canada. The

company will be winding down operations and the Fields banner will be gone by Fall.

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Dear Editor; On the 11th of February, we, at the Drumheller Legion were presented with a plaque from Alberta Northwest Ter-ritories Command that reads; “1926 to 2011, Congratula-tions for 85 years of Commu-nity Service” When you think of it, we

have served our community with many good programs. First and foremost, we will always be there for our vet-erans when they need our assistance. We support the seniors in our community with such things as scooters, wheelchairs, etc. We have supported youth in Track and Field and have supported our local Cadet Corps for many, many years. We have made donations to our young ath-letes, purchased equipment for baseball teams, hockey teams, etc. We off er bursaries to local students to assist with their education and help them achieve their goals. Yes, this Branch has sup-

ported our community for 85 years, and we would like to continue with this good work. We would like to see our Le-gion reach our 100th anniver-sary, but we cannot make it on our own. We need the help of our members and the help of our community. We can achieve our goals with your participation and support of Branch functions and events. We would like to see our membership grow. As you may or may not know, the rules of eligibility have changed. You are no longer required to have military affi liation to become a member. If you are inter-ested in joining your local Le-gion and are 18 years of age,

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STREETERS

Lesley Smith“I’m going to catch up on school work. A teacher’s

work is never done. But, I’ll fi nd time to relax.”

Ambyr Palmquist“I hope to, but I’ll probably be working. I’d rather get time

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haven’t made any plans, so I’ll just be chilling out.”

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please inquire at the Branch, 295 Centre Street. You can also contact the Membership chairman, Greg Morrow at 403-823-4212 or call the Le-gion at 403-823-5611. Th e Legion is proud of the contributions it has made to the community of Drum-heller over the past 85 years. We hope you will consider be-coming an active member and help us continue our support for your community.

Royal Canadian LegionBranch #22 Drumheller PresidentBob Hannah

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Dear Editor, All of us who swim regu-larly at the Drumheller Aquaplex and participate in the annual “Battle of the Sexes” swim-meet were stunned and deeply saddened to learn of Terry Bilson’s sud-den passing earlier this week. Terry (along with wife Wendy) was a regular at the pool and an enthusiastic supporter of the “Battle”—an event that encourages everyone to work off a pound or two after the holidays and stay in shape during the dark days of Winter. Terry’s passing has cast a long shadow on the event this year, especially for the many of us who enjoyed his company, positive outlook, and quick wit. This year, the participants of the “Battle of the Sexes” wish to dedicate our efforts to Terry’s memory. Our deepest sympathies go out to Terry’s family and friends. He will be missed by so many.

Dave Eberthfor the “Battle of the Sexes”

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We’ve all made mistakes in our youth. Some of those mistakes are bigger than others, even land-ing some young men and wom-en on the wrong side of the law. Th anks to the eff orts of the volunteer Youth Justice Com-mittee, those mistakes may not hold back kids who have made mistakes. But, the committee needs help. At the annual general meet-ing on March 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the AV room of the Civic Cen-tre the Committee will be look-ing for more volunteers to help. At the moment, there are six members. Th e low membership at the moment has made the job of the Committee more challeng-ing explains member Randy van Dyk. “It’s hard to get three people together at the same time to schedule a meeting,” said van Dyk. “With more members you have more skills and diff erent perspectives.”

“It’d be great if there were more people on the Commit-tee. Th e program really helps the community,” said probation offi cer Kristi Donison. “It is a way to be a positive adult infl u-ence in these kid's lives, some of them don’t have one.” Th e Committee started roughly one year ago. Similar programs are present through-out Alberta. Th e Committee meets with youth who have been charged with a crime to fi nd out the cir-cumstances of the crime and determine a meaningful pun-ishment. Th e Committee does not de-termine innocence or guilt. Th e youth must have admitted their guilt. “We sit with them and fi nd out what happened, there’s al-ways two sides to a story,” said van Dyk. “If they broke a win-dow or vandalism, we might make them pay to clean things up.” Should the youth comply, they slate is wiped clean and they do not have a criminal re-

cord to hold them back in work or travel. “It’s a way to give the youth a chance so they won’t have a criminal record. If you end up getting a criminal record, that aff ects you for the rest of your

life,” said van Dyk. Of course, the youth involved has to put in the eff ort to be re-deemed. Should they fail, the Committee sends them to the courts. Th e Committee has been suc-

cessful so far. “We’ve had quite a few suc-cessful cases. Some of the kids are now working and they’re doing well,” said van Dyke. “It feels good.”

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The Drumheller Youth Justice Committee volun-teers their time to ensure youth who have admitted their transgressions don’t end up before a judge at the Court House. The Committee assigns punish-ments to youth who will be free of a criminal record

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Th e Canadian Opera Com-pany Orchestra is a prestigious gig for any classical musician. Being named principal of a sec-tion is an honour. Keith Hamm, only 22 years of age, auditioned for, and became one of the youngest people to have been named principal of a section, namely of the violas. Th e Canadian Opera Com-pany Orchestra was created in 1977 and is the oldest opera or-chestra in Canada. Th e orches-tra has a permanent member-ship of 50 instrumentalists. Keith grew up in Rosebud and is the son of Rosebud Th eatre’s musical director Bill Hamm. While most young boys dream of playing guitar or drums, Keith gravitated to the classics and the violin at the age of fi ve. “He heard a student, April Bellamy who also lives in Rose-bud, play in church and wanted to play,” explained Bill. “He was fi ve years old and we got him started. He kept going steady, practiced some, and performed a lot with the Rosebud Th eatre and dinner theatre.” At the age of 15, after playing violin for ten years, Keith de-cided to in go a new direction. Keith left behind the violin and made the switch to the viola. From there, Keith spent two years at Mount Royal College and three at the Glenn Gould School of Music in Ontario. Keith also spent summers in England, Florida, Quebec and at the National Arts Centre honing his skills. But, all that changed when he saw an opening for a violist in the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra. “A position opened, and he

auditioned thinking that you need experience auditioning to get anywhere. He got it,” said Bill. “He was as shocked as any-body.” Th is week, Keith’s family will be heading out to see their son in his new position for the fi rst time. Keith will be performing in two operas; Tosca and Love From Afar. “We didn’t know how far he was going to go or how it was going to happen but that’s the way it worked out,” said Hamm.

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Knee Hockey promotes no knee’d for tobaccoMichael James | inSide Drumheller

Th ere’s a few sore knees at Greentree School after Grade 6 students from Greentree, Morrin School and the Drum-heller Dragons played some knee hockey the morning of Wednesday, February 15. Th e knee hockey tourna-ment was postponed this year when a brutal cold snap pre-vented school’s from making it to the event. Normally, the knee hockey tournament coincides with Weedless Wednesday, a na-tional day that challenges smokers to quit for the day. Th is year, because of the delay, the tournament is rais-ing awareness to stop tobacco chewing. “We also tend to focus on chewing tobacco, because in rural areas it’s really big. Link-ing with sports, chew is re-ally big in hockey,” said Mar-tin McSween, an addictions counsellor with the Province of Alberta. Chewing tobacco, often marketed as smokeless tobac-co and with fl avours such as peanut butter and jam, is just as much if not more, harmful than smoking. Once the tobacco is chewed, enzymes within the mouth break down the tobacco. From there, the digested tobacco

travels down the esophagus to the stomach and intestines. After being absorbed, the liver and kidneys can be aff ected as well. Basically, the entire diges-tive system is susceptible to cancer, because of chewing tobacco. Roughly 1.6 per cent of Canadians and 9 per cent of Albertans chew tobacco. It’s highly addictive and one regu-lar sized tin equals 30-40 ciga-rettes. Kenton Levesque, co-cap-tain of the Dragons, talked about his own battle with chewing tobacco. “I was doing it just to do it. I had no intention of quitting, but then my coach talked to me. He made me go to AA-DAC sessions to stop chew-ing,” said Levesque. Once he managed to kick the habit the benefi ts soon be-came apparent. “Th e positives are, now there are more fl avours and I have more energy. It’s not performance enhancing, I play harder now, because I have more energy,” explained Levesque. Five years ago, McSween’s idea and collaboration with schools’ and the Dragons made the tournament a real-ity. “Th e school’s were looking

for a fun, interactive way to teach. We came up with this and the Dragons were excited, because of the community involvement with kids,” said McSween. Th e tournament was origi-nally meant to be a one time aff air, but demand from stu-dents and the tournament’s

lasting aff ect has kept it run-ning for fi ve years. “Kids came up to me and asked when we would be doing it again, and so it was born,” said McSween. “It’s great that a lot of older kids remember the tournament and the mes-sage.” Apart from the tournament,

students have been given les-sons on the negative eff ects of tobacco. For the students, having the Dragons deliver the anti-to-bacco message means a lot. “A lot of the boys here are hockey players,” said Mc-Sween. “Th ey really look up to the Dragons.”


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Todd ElliotAge: Turning 47.Employer: Trican.Occupation: Base Manager.What do you like most about your job? It’s a chal-lenge.Dream job? Not to have one.How long have you lived in the valley? Ten months. Came here last April.Where are you from origi-nally? Hinton.What do you like most about living here? Th e peo-ple are pretty nice.Anything you would change? Make it more mod-ern and clean things up a bit to make it more appealing for people to move here. Top travel destinations? I’ve been snowboarding at Lake Tahoe. Going to Mardi Gras, that’s this week.What do you like to do while on vacation? Camping, the outdoors, and my dirt bikes.If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three things would you bring? My sweetpea and my truck. I’m pretty self suffi cient.What three words would you use to describe your-

self? Motivated, determined, and visionary.Anything you do around the community? Th e fi rst thing I did here was the Ronald Mac-Donald drive.If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be? Veg-etables.Hobbies? I was a singer/song-writer. Th at’s my hobby.Th eme song? It’s a song I wrote called Th e Cowboy Way.Any instruments you play? Guitar and piano.One piece of technology you could not live without: I need my phone for my job and that’s it.Favourite sports: I like pret-ty much anything. I used to play softball, but I haven’t got-ten involved here.Favourite teams: Nashville Predators, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Tennes-see Titans.Skiing or snowboarding? I’d never ski. I prefer snowboard-ing.Any words of wisdom? Be kind to others.

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Travellers coming from China have potential to af-fect the local tourism in-dustry, however that impact may be a few years down the road. Last week Prime Minis-ter Harper was in China. He launched the Canadian Tourism Commission 2012 marketing campaign at the commission’s newly estab-lished marketing centre in Beijing. “Th e tourism industry creates jobs and economic growth in every region of our country,” said Prime Minister Harper. “Th anks to the landmark Approved Destination Status (ADS) agreement reached with the Chinese government in 2009, there has been a huge increase in the num-ber of Chinese visitors en-joying the pristine beauty and vibrant cities Canada has to off er. Th e new tour-ism commission offi ce and marketing campaign being announced today are fur-ther signs that this industry, which generates such good-

will between our two great countries, is fl ourishing.” Part of the Commission’s 2012 campaign hits close to home as one of the show-case experiences will be the centennial of the Calgary Stampede. Leanna Mohan, market-ing coordinator for the Roy-al Tyrrell Museum says the Calgary Stampede typically is a busy time for the Tyrrell and the valley, however she does not expect the ADS to have an eff ect this season. “I have been attending the tour operator trades shows, and basically I have learned, the fi rst trip into Canada is that they fl y into Toronto, and then to Calgary, and they are only there for eight hours and take a bus to Banff . Th ey fl y to Vancouver and then home, that is their Canada trip,” said Mohan. Since the ADS was grant-ed, the number of Chinese visitors has risen by 25 per cent. It is estimated that 232,000 travellers from China visited Canada in the fi rst 11 months of 2011. Mohan said there is future potential.

"What they are telling me is they will hit us on their return trip,” said Mohan. "Th ey come and they love our country, and three years down the road they want to come back, that is when they get in the car and ex-plore other areas.” She says there is great po-tential for expanded tour-ism from China under the new ADS program but it will not spillover to second-ary sites for three to fi ve years. Outside of Chinese tour-ism Mohan says fully inde-pendent travel from inter-national visitors is up. Th is is where the visitors inde-pendently plan their itin-erary, rather than relying on tour operators or travel agents to make the plans. One roadblock for the valley realizing its potential for independent as well as planned itinerary travellers is passage to Drumheller. “Th ey want to put people on a tour bus to come here and there isn’t one. Th ey have no way to get here, they have to rent a car,” said Mohan. “Th at is still a

need and issue that needs to solved.” She says other attractions such as Banff have a num-ber of shuttles from Calgary every day, a service that doesn’t exist for the valley. “We have tour operators that come to the valley all the time, but what the tour trade wants is a set schedule

they can sell,” she said. She explains that with the current system, visitors or groups can book a tour, but a regularly scheduled pas-sage would allow compa-nies that book holidays to plan itineraries. Often these are booked a year or two in advance.


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Th e Alberta Govern-ment made some changes to pharmacy services this week, and for local pharma-cists, it’s a hard pill to swal-low. On February 13 the gov-ernment of Alberta an-nounced changes to the pharmacy industry. Part of that is that pharmacists will now be compensated for re-newing prescriptions. Th is could bring $20 million to the industry. As of July 1 the govern-ment will be reducing the price it pays for generic prescription drugs. Th is change could see a savings of $85 million. Th e gov-ernment is also off ering a remote Pharmacy Access Grant, a program with a value of $15.9 million over three years. Th ese are billed as the fi rst steps towards full imple-mentation of a new profes-

sional service compensation framework for pharmacists. It says the framework has been developed by a tran-sition team and the gov-ernment, is complete and will be implemented on July 1, 2012. “ E x -p a n d i n g pharmac y c l i n i c a l services is good news for phar-macists and good news for Alber-tans,” said Neil Cam-eron, Presi-dent of the A l b e r t a P h a r m a -cists’ As-sociat ion. “ To g e t h e r with other pharmacy stakeholders and the Alberta Government, we will move forward with

fully implementing Alber-ta’s new Pharmacy Services Framework later this year. Th is will ensure commu-nity pharmacists are in the best position to grow in their role as coordinators of

drug therapy management that results in better patient health outcomes.” For Ray Ainscough of Riverside Value Drug Mart, while the new framework has been coming for some time, the announcement comes as a surprise. “Th e most pressing con-cern for us is these changes came without consultation and without transparency. Th ere were promises that we were going to be talking about these changes and discussing and coming to a consensus, and all of a sud-den this comes out,” said Ainscough. “Th ey (the transition team) haven’t had a meet-ing since September. Th ey have been trying to get a

meeting with the govern-ment, and they have been cancelling them. All of a sudden they do this, where was the consultation?” Ainscough said the cuts began in 2010, and since

then a transitional allow-ance has allowed pharma-cists to charge a small dis-pensing fee to prescriptions under $75, which will be eliminated in 2013. “It is the typical govern-ment promise, that ‘we are going to cut fi rst and fi x things up after,’” said Ain-scough. Ainscough said the com-pensation for doing renew-als is a good change, how-ever, they have been doing that since 2007 without be-ing paid, and it won’t make up for the lost revenues for pharmacies in the wake of the cuts to displeasing fees and the cuts to generic drug prices. Pat Doyle, manager of Anderson Drugs, the Medi-

cine Shop in the Freson Bros. IGA says the changes don’t go far enough to make up for what has been cut. “We are not pleased with what has transpired. Over-all they are still taking mon-ey out of pharmacies,” said Doyle. “Th ey have taken $200 million out and put $20 million back in, that’s not good math.” He said the saving for dropping the price on ge-neric drugs comes right out of pharmacy’s pockets. “Th e generic prices are dropping but taking it from the pricing scheme that was set up, that is taking mil-lions out of pharmacies,” said Doyle. Ainscough agrees that savings realized to the healthcare system is on the backs of pharmacies. “Th e Alberta government is going to save $85 mil-lion (on the generic drugs), which I think is a conserva-tive estimate. It doesn’t take into the fact that private in-surance is going to save the same amount. So you are looking at $170 million that is coming out of pharma-cy’s pockets, and so far they have promised $20 million back, so you are looking at a $150 million shortfall,” he said. “We know that pharma-cies have changed and there is going to be diff erent ways of doing things but if we’re going to be doing more, we can’t be doing it for less…All they are thinking about is cost savings, not about the patients.”


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Legion honouredThe Drumheller Legion Branch 22 received a special recognition this week, marking 85 years of service to the community. After 85 years the Legion is still active serving veterans and the commu-nity. Drumheller Legion President Bob Hannah displays certifi cate to recognize the milestone.


Area pharmacists feel changes from the Alberta Government will hurt the industry.

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It was a fl apping good time at the East Coulee School Mu-seum on Saturday night. Residents from all over the Valley, and a few outside, dressed up in their favourite zoot suits and headed to An Evening at Fanny’s, a fund-raising event inspired by the establishment owned by the legendary Fanny Ramsley. “Th e event was amazing,” said Linda Digby, executive di-rector of the Atlas Coal Mine. “Imagine stepping into this environment with 30 historic characters, all with something going on.” Th e evening featured plenty to do for guests, including ly-ing and cheating in the games room, interaction with some of the most colourful characters to have lived in the Valley, and the party even got treated to a

mock raid by the “police”. “It was a night of interactive theatre and games like no oth-er,” said Digby. “We included a lot of accurate historic con-tent, but did stretch the truth a bit for fun.”

Th irty volunteers helped make the night a success. Vol-unteers acted, created cos-tumes, authentic hairstyles, and the Royal Tyrrell Museum and Drumheller Humane Soci-ety donated equipment. One volunteer, Steve Predi-ger, made the trek from Cal-gary to volunteer. “I’m still buzzing about the event. I have done these type of things before, and this was by far the best. Th e energy was so high, and the focus wasn’t money, it was about experi-ence. Th at is what makes the diff erence between a good event and a spectacular one,” said Prediger. Th e night raised roughly $2500 for Miner’s Memorial. Th e money was raised through bribes, donations, raffl es, games, and $50 from each VIP ticket. Th e cost was steep to run the event, requiring help from the Canadian Heritage grant, begging the question as to whether there will be another evening with Fanny. Digby explained the positive feedback and comments from guests necessitate continu-ing the evening another year. What has yet to be decided is whether the Evening at Fanny’s will be annual or biannual. “Fanny Ramsley and Mary Roper were an important part of our social history,” said Digby. “An event where we re-member the role these women played is important.”


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Playing at The Napier Theatre... Friday, February 17 - Thursday, February 23, War Horse, 7:30 p.m. Closed Monday.Friday, February 17, Drumheller: Hilarious comedy show with Simon King. 8:00 pm. O’Sheas Eatery and Ale House. Tickets and more informa-tion contact 403-823-2460.Monday, February 20, Drumheller: Drumheller Dragons Banquet Sports Dinner. Featuring Guest Speaker and the Voice of the Calgary Flames, Peter Maher. Starts 4:30 p.m. Advance tickets only. $40. Call 403-823-2022 or email [email protected] for tickets.Tuesday, February 21, Drumheller: St. Magloire’s Kitchen Supper, Shrove Tuesday. 5 - 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. Free will offering.Tuesday, February 28, Drumheller: Drumheller Softball Association AGM. 7 p.m., Civic Centre, AV Room.Friday, March 2, Munson: Munson & Area Community Association pres-ents ‘Trance Tricks’. A Hypnosis Show & Silent Auction. Monday evenings, Nacmine: Community Bingo at Nacmine Hall. Doors open 6 p.m. Bingo starts at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 18, Drumheller: St. Anthony’s Grad Class Bottle Drive. Starts 1 p.m. Pickup throughout the valley.Thursday, February 23, Drumheller: Kevin Sorenson, MP invites every-one to an informal coffee meeting. Drumheller Town Hall, 703 - 2nd Ave. West, 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Saturday, February 25, Drumheller: Drumheller and District Humane Society presents the 4th Annual Spaghetti Luncheon and Silent Auction. Newcastle Hall, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Admission/Tickets $10.Sunday, February 26, Drumheller: Canadain Badlands Passion Play Auditions 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. To book an audition contact Ailsa Birnie (Stage Manager) at [email protected]. Wednesday Afternoon: KidsClub After School Program. 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Drumheller Church of the Nazarene. 627 6 Street East 403-823-7020 for information.

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Megan McLauchlin (left) and Kelly Kuhl show off their retro fashions at the Evening at Fanny’s on Saturday, February 11. The entire night was a hom-age to the raucous good times during the coal min-ing days in the Valley, when establishments of ill repute, such as Fanny’s, were in full swing. Fanny,

and competitor Mary Roper, were also famous for their immense generousity, helping families who were devastated when their patriarch perished in the mines.

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, have some fun at work. Just because it is a means to making money doesn't mean it has to be serious and boring every day. Be creative in your methods.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23You are at the top of your game this week, Leo. Expect to sail through projects at the speed of light. Also anticipate others turning to you for advice because of the vibe you give.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Don't expect others to be mind readers, Virgo. If you have something to say, simply say it. It is better than going through the guessing game of your feelings.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, the simple act of expressing yourself will ease any personal issues you are keeping inside. Talking about things can help you feel more secure, as well.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, focus on keeping yourself in great shape. Feeling under the weather can be taxing on the body and the spirit. Eat healthy and get more exercise.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, taking time to notice your feelings can go a long way toward mitigating stress and bringing peace of mind. It also creates other opportunities to relax.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, focus on fi tness as the warm weather is once again right around the corner. You'll want to look and feel your best when it comes time to enjoy the great outdoors.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, don't fret too much over a situation that's been troubling you. Realizing the situation is a great fi rst step. Now seek the help of others to determine a solution.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20You may notice changes to your home life, Pisces, and it may be causing anxiety. The celestial plane is creating the turmoil.

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BilsonTerence George

July 31, 1946 - February 14, 2012

Terence George Bilson passed away suddenly and peacefully on February 14, 2012. Said to be the fi rst child born in the Monarch mining camp at East Coulee, Terry was born at the height of the Drumheller Valley’s coal mining boom as Vincent and Hazel Bilson’s fi rst son. The Bilsons were lured to the valley from Edmonton at the end of WWII and Terry grew to appreciate cars and sports as he went on to attend high school in Drumheller in the 1960’s followed by his younger brother Doug and little sister Donna (Toivanen). After high school he joined the Bank of Nova Scotia, moving to Innisfail and later to various sales jobs in Calgary where he was reacquainted with Wendy (Sandercock). Terry returned with Wendy to Drumheller in 1978 and they were eventually married in October of 1979. Terry started working for PanCanadian Petroleum (now Encana) in 1982 as a fi eld operator until moving to the main control centre in the Drumheller branch offi ce in 1993. He would remain an extremely dedicated member of the Encana team until his retirement in January 2012. Terry enjoyed watching sports events, especially the Calgary Flames, Calgary Stampeders and Major League Baseball. He was also very involved in Drumheller Minor Hockey often acting as the team manager for bantam and midget teams. He was an active member of the Drumheller Kinsmen Club and shared the joy of singing with Wendy in the Knox United Church choir over several years. He was a proud father of 5 children who survive him as Michele (spouse Mark Bieganek), Brad (spouse Athena Winchester), Paul (spouse Victoria Salvatore), Todd and Curtis (spouse Carol Henriquez) all of which completed post-secondary education positively affected by his encouragement and quiet support. His role would later grow as the proud Poppa to grandchildren Vincent, Noah, Sierra, Maya, Juliette, Kiana and Santiago as he would continue to share his enthusiasm for railroading and life with them. Terry was predeceased by his mother Hazel and father Vincent and is survived by all his children, brother Douglas, sister Donna, nieces, nephews and loving wife, Wendy. A memorial service will be held at Knox United Church on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. The family requests that donations to the Alberta Diabetes Foundation 1-020 HRIF-East University Of Alberta Edmonton AB T6G 9Z9 be made in lieu of fl owers. Courtney-Winters Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements (403-823 -2666). 7c


Th e St. Anthony’s Sabres senior boys basketball team chalked up another win as they head to the tail end of their season. Th e Sabres hosted Airdrie Koinonia Christian School on Tuesday, February 14. Th is was the last game to be played in the St. Anthony’s gymnasium before moving to their news school on North Dino-saur Trail. Th e Sabres came out with strong defense, but struggled off ensively. Th ey managed to keep Aird-rie under 10 points in the fi rst quarter, but was only able to generate 20 points. Th e second quarter was characterized by missed

opportunities and defensive lapses which allowed the team from Airdrie to cut the lead to just fi ve, ending the half at 31-26. In the second half, the Sabres found some success working the ball to the inside and scoring some easy points. Th is allowed the team to open up a small lead, and also opened the court for the guards to generate some off ense. Th e Sabres pulled out a 67-56 win. Tanner Boro-wicz lead the way with 29 points, Emmanuelle Doo-little had 16 and T.J. Jones had 14 in the win. Th e Sabres are hoping to arrange a few more games before they head to zones. Th is year Olds Koinonia will be hosting the South Central 1A tour-nament.

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The girls Dynos basket-ball team, a combinationmade up of DrumhellerValley Secondary Schooland St. Anthony’s Schoolstudents, came home onSundayaschampions. The Dynos travelled toStrathmoretoparticipateinanother tournamentwherethemostpointsearnedde-termined the victor, ratherthan a traditional tourna-ment. “The girls played reallywell,”saidheadcoachRyanHatch.“Theyreallysteppedup.” Aside from the tourna-ment, the Dynos have hadtwo regular season games.The first was against thePrairie Christian Acad-

emy Sabres on February 8,where the girls suffered adefeatinovertime. The Dynos fell behindearlyinthegame,butwithaherculeaneffort,theyman-agedtobattletheirwaytoatiebytheendofthefourthquarter. Unfortunately, theSabresdidn’tletthemselvesberattledandtookthewininovertime. Aweeklater,onFebruary15,theDynoswerebackathome facing the first placeAcmeRedmen. TheRedmentooktheleadearlyintothegame,leavingtheDynostotryandcatchup. Attheendofthefirsthalf,theDynosweredownbyasixpoints,buttheRedmenput on heavy pressure inthe third quarter and took

a17pointlead.TheDynosmountedahugecomebackeffort and shrunk the leadto nine by the end of thethird. Inthefourth,theRedmenrenewed their efforts. TheDynoslostthegame64-43. “They’rethebestteaminthe league and I thoughtwe were right with them.We weren’t outmannedanditwasn’tdominatedbythem,” said Hatch. “Therewere some open basketswemissedandthere’ssomethingswecanworkon.” TheDynoshadsomedif-ficulty with interceptionsandballcontrol,whichleadtoRedmenpoints. The performance of Bai-ley Faubion stood out dueto her aggressive play,stealing the ball when she

could and driving hard totheRedmennet. “Thatcamefromthetour-nament,she’sbeenpushingherself hard, realized thatshecandrivetheballtothehoop, and opened up op-portunities,”saidHatch. The Dynos get a breaknext week due to FamilyDayandTeacher’sConven-

tion.Theteamwillbebackinactionfortheirlastregu-lar season game on Febru-ary 27 at home, taking onThreeHills. “They played a toughteamandthey’rewillingtofight,” said Hatch. “Everynight they give it every-thing,Icouldn’taskforany-thingmore.”


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SPORTSDynos bring home gold from tournament

Madison Colberg (left), Cienna Sands, Karissa Reid, Kendra Schmidt, Cassandra Feenstra, Shae Mraz, Bailey Faubion, Bonnie Courtenay, and Darby Andrus ecstatic at winning first place at a tournament in Strathmore this past week-

end. The winner was decided based on the num-ber of points they earned in round robin play. The girls Dynos have also played two games this past week, losing in overtime to Prairie Christian Acad-emy and losing again to Acme.

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continued from page 12 Thenextday theDMHARaptors got back on theirfeet and redeemed them-selves with a 9-6 win overSiksika. TheDMHARaptorshaveonly one more game leftin the season. They playBrooks again on February19. The Yavis Atom Raptorsparticipated in a tourna-ment in Bowden Febru-ary3-5.The teamwentonto win the D final againstStettler. On February 11,the team defeated a toughOyenteam4-2. “Itwasagreatvictoryfor

theboys,sincetheyarehav-ingatoughtime in league.Theynevergiveupnomat-ter what the score is. Theparents and coaches areveryproudoftheefforttheteam brings every game,”

saidmanagerJackieWatts. The NGC Pee Wee Rap-tors won 7-6 against Aird-rie on February 4. Unfor-tunately, the win doesn’tsignificantly help theirchancesatsecuringaplay-offspot. “We were borderline fora playoff position and nowwe’vedroppedbackdown,”said Christy Telford, man-agerfortheteam.“It’sgoingtocomedowntothewiretoseeifwehaveaplayoffposi-tion.” The Bertram Drilling/Sports Room Midget Rap-tors have moved up in thestandingsthankstoaseriesof wins over the past twoweeksagainstOyen,Black-ie,andVulcan. The team has also beguntheirprovincialplaydowns.OnFebruary9, theMidgetRaptors faced Redcliff, butlost7-3.Fourdayslater,the

Midget Raptors dominatedRedcliff9-2inarematch. The Boston Pizza/West-ernChevroletBantamRap-tors were dealt a 7-4 lossat the hands of Sundre inprovincials on February 2.Unfortunately,atarematchon February 8 the BantamRaptors were unable totameSundre,losing2-1. The Bantam Raptorsmended their wounds bydecisively winning sev-eralof theirregularseasongames. On February 3, theBantam Raptors beat HighRiver5-1andtwodayslaterClaresholm 3-1. The nextweekend,theteamwon5-1versus Medicine Hat andtiedCochrane3-3. This weekend is the lastoftheregularseasonfortheRaptorsandmaybe thefi-nal chance for some teamstogetapositionintheplay-offs.

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The Drumheller Dragons are fi ghting tooth and nail for a playoff position in the Southern Division of the AJH. Th e secu-rity on their position was dealt a small blow when the team hosted the Canmore Eagles on Tuesday night. Th e Dragons, before the game, were four points ahead of the Eagles in the standings, but had one fewer games left to play. A win over the Eagles would have meant the Dragons would have clinched a spot in the playoff s. After Tuesday’s game, that spot is still up for grabs. Th e situation, as of press time, was that the Dragons were at 40 points, the Eagles 37, and the Calgary Canucks 41. Th e Dragons had only one game left to play, whereas the Eagles and Canucks each have two.

Th ere are two scenarios that can occur. First, if the Dragons win their fi nal game, and the Canucks lose their last two, the Dragons move into sixth place. If the Canucks win one game, the Dragons would remain in seventh. In this situation, if the Eagles won their last two games, they would still not sur-pass the Dragons. If the Dragons lose their last game, the Eagles could win one and still leave the Dragons a playoff spot. However, if the Ea-gles are victorious in their fi nal two games, the Dragons would be out. Th is tense situation was brought on by the Dragons loss to the Eagles on Tuesday night. Th e Dragons came out of the gate on the defensive. Th e Eagles kept the pressure on and restricted the scoring opportu-nities of the Dragons in the fi rst period. As a result, the Eagles scored fi rst at 6:30 into the fi rst period and again at 0:07 into the sec-ond. Th ings were looking grim, but an unassisted goal by Justin Cintas at 12:14 into the second breathed new life into the Drag-ons. Doug Jones, off of Kevin McMillan and Ryan Bloom, tied the game up shortly thereafter. At 6:50 into the third Jones again, with help from Coda Engbar, gave the Dragons the lead. Victory was in sight, but the Eagles would not relent and tied the game at 9:57 into the third. Th e game went to a scoreless overtime period and had to be settled in a shootout. Th e Dragons chose Jones, Bloom, and Brodie Jamieson to take the shots. Jamieson was the only Dragon to score. Un-fortunately the Eagles sent two past Braden Gamble. Th e Eagles won the critical game 4-3. Th e Dragons faced the Okotoks Oilers yesterday (Th ursday), but the results were not available as of press time. A win by the Dragons would secure a playoff spot. A loss would make it so the Dragons would have to rely on the Eagles losing.

Dragons playoff chances down to the wire

Braden Gamble makes a save during the Dragons game against the Canmore Eagles. The Dragons lost 4-3, with the game being decided in a shoot-out. If the Dragons had won, they would have

clinched a playoff position. Now, the Dragons must win their last game or rely on the Eagles to lose their last two to secure a playoff position.



Another Raptor team has clinched a spot in the playoff s. Th e Encana Atom Raptors hosted Sik-sika on Sunday, February 5, and came out with a 10-4 win. Th e victory assures the Encana Raptors will be heading to the playoff s at the end of the month. “It’s been a great year and all of the kids are excited,” said Kelly Boyko, assistant coach. “Depend-ing on how our last couple games go it may change how we fi nish in the top four.” Th e other Raptors have been working hard as well. Th e Canalta Novice Raptors had a couple setbacks two week-ends ago. Th e team had been making a break for a playoff po-sition, but after two losses, one against Vulcan, and a close loss against Nanton the next day, the Canalta Raptors have fallen be-hind. A 9-0 win over Fort Macleod on February 12 gave the team a huge boost. Th e Canalta Raptors have only two more games this season. Th e McDonald’s Novice Rap-tors were dealt a big loss on Feb-

ruary 4 in Banff . Th e team tied against Cochrane a week later. “Th e kids put a lot of eff ort in,” said Kit Clark, head coach. “Th ey did well, but un-fortunately the score doesn’t really show how the Banff game went.” Th e DMHA Novice Raptors had a criti-cal game against Brooks, who were tied

for fi rst place with the DMHA Raptors, on February 4. Unfortunately, the DMHA Raptors lost by a heartbreaking 4-3. “We were losing 4-1 and we stormed back and even pulled the goalie, but it wasn’t meant to be,” said Tony Pliva, head coach.

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Another Raptor clinches playoff position

Kyle Bosch works his way past the Siksika de-fence on February 5. The Encana Atom Raptors won the game 10-4 and are now guaranteed a

position in the playoff s. The Encana Raptors are not alone, with many of the other Raptors go-ing or working to get a spot in their playoff s.
