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Boston Pizza staff rally for one of their own

boston Pozza

    Staff at Boston Pizza, the company, and its loyal customers came together to help one of their own.
    On Tuesday, December 8, staff organized a fundraiser for Candy Hamm. Hamm has been with Boston Pizza for over 10 years, but last month she ran into some dire health issues.
  On Thursday, November 12, she left work and was rushed to the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. She had a ruptured brain aneurism and underwent emergency surgery. The operation was successful, but she still has a long road to recovery.
    To help her out, staff on Tuesday night donated 100 per cent of their tips and Boston Pizza matched this amount. Customers also gave by tipping big, rounding up their bill and making cash donations. At lunchtime on Tuesday, $1 from every pizza combo sold also went to support Hamm.
    In all, the evening raised $2,800, and Hamm expressed her heartfelt thanks on the Drumheller Boston Pizza Facebook page.
    “I am sitting here with tears, it’s funny how things in life can change so fast, I am so thankful to each and every person who has come together to make this successful,” she wrote. “On the morning this happened, when they told me what it was, I did not realize I could of died… Thank you Drumheller for always rallying to support those in our community who need it.”


Grinch steals Christmas tree

Grinch Christmas tree

    Unknown assailants axed a tree at the Drumheller cemetery. Sources  believe that the weapon used by the Grinch was  an axe due to the markings and all that is left is the stump.
    Kevin Blanchett, Operations Manager, Infrastructure Services at the Town Shop verified this was not one of the dedicated trees and this one had grown on the tree farm for a few years before being transplanted to the cemetery in 2013.  The tree farm is a formed partnership between the Drumheller Penitentiary and the Town of Drumheller.
    The damage was first noticed December 8 giving the time line of the crime to be December 5, 6 or 7.
    If you have any information about this incident please contact the Town of Drumheller.

Record crowd tops 380 at Senior’s Dinner

Jesse Axelson

The 22nd Annual Senior’s Christmas Dinner at the Drumheller Valley Secondary School gymnasium brought in record numbers of senior citizens and their guests. According to Senior Services Coordinator Rose Poulson, this may be the biggest crowd they have ever had.  There were 360 reservations plus 25 dignitaries and invited guests. Jesse Axelson gets her corsage pinned on by student Makenna Lutz.


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