The new disc golf course at the Village of Carbon’s Lions Park was buzzing with activity as members of the local Drumheller and Area Disc Golf club participated in a few rounds on Saturday, May 15. Drumheller has two championship courses, at Midland and Wayne. Cameron White, left, and Megan McLauchlin, middle, owners and operators of Fire Coulee Discs, say Carbon is a great, family-friendly course for beginners and skilled players alike. The Carbon course is also the only local course which uses baskets rather than metal tonal poles as goals. They say they were only made aware of the course in Carbon after Councillor Renee O’Brien reached out to them to purchase discs. The sport was growing in popularity prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and there has been renewed interest due to the socially distanced nature of the game.

A woman was given a 6-month conditional sentence order after pleading guilty to theft of a motorvehicle, flight from police, and possession of stolen property.
Mackenzie Hardy, 20, appeared in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, May 14 to enter her guilty pleas.
The court heard how on June 13, 2020, she was at the home of a man in Drumheller when she took his vehicle.
Several hours later, in Hanna, police saw the stolen vehicle and attempted to bring it to a stop. The vehicle headed west on Highway 9. Police did not pursue but informed the Drumheller detachment of the vehicle.
Later Drumheller RCMP attempted to stop the vehicle but was not successful. A pursuit was not authorized.
Hardy had no prior record, and the crown conceded had it gone to trial, there could have been trialable issues.
Judge Gashler accepted a joint submission from the crown and defence of a conditional sentence order where Hardy would be under house arrest for the first four months of the sentence and then to abide by a curfew.