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Residents key to success for local facility

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The Town of Drumheller is encouraging residents to get behind the 2015 fund raising efforts for the Badlands Community Facility (BCF) for 2015, noting their support is the key to the future for the BCF.
   They also ask that those with outstanding pledges the importance to BCF success of honoring their commitments made to the BCF Fundraising Committee.
   Town of Drumheller staff will assume the responsibility for donor relations and work to ensure that outstanding pledges are collected as the facility’s fundraising committee winds down prior to being disbanded.
   Maintaining a first rate facility such as the BCF and its specialized equipment will require ongoing operational funding, the Town notes.
   In order to support these requirements and other recreation and culture endeavors within Drumheller, The Town said the BCF Fundraising Committee will be changing from its current committee/cabinet structure to a registered society. The Town’s goal to have this new society in place is fall of 2015.
   Advantages the Town lists by changing the fundraising cabinet to a society include having eligibility for Alberta Gaming and other grant funding resources that it could not otherwise access as a committee within the Town’s structure.
   The Town is inviting current committee members to serve on the new board of the new society, noting their incredible commitment, energy and service are a valuable and appreciated asset to the community.
   The Legacy Tree and Jason Hastie concert are current fundraising committee’s projects the Town encourages residents to get behind in support for the Badlands Community Facility.
   The Legacy Leaf project gives families and businesses a chance to honour and remember their loved ones while showing their commitment to culture and recreation in Drumheller.
   Leaf sales and engraving are being finalized for the June tree unveiling. Those interested in a leaf purchase are encouraged to visit the BCF for more information, or contact a fundraising committee member at 403-823-6300 .
   Canadian country star Jason Hastie and the Alibi are scheduled to visit Drumheller for a concert at BCF on Saturday, April 18,.
   Talented local singing artist and Drumheller Valley Secondary School student Abby Fooks will be opening for Hastie and his band. Tickets are just $25 and can be purchased in Drumheller at the BCF, For Sight Vision Centre, Riverside Dental Clinic, Century 21 PowerRealty, and Western GM.
   Fooks was the overall winner of the first youth talent showcase “Drumheller’s Got Talent” , held fall 2014 at the Old Central School. The project was a joint effort between the Town of Drumheller and local businesses and organizations, encouraging youth to take a chance on themselves and perform a talent of their choice for the public and a panel of judges.
   “Jason Hastie will be a great concert for all ages and is sure to showcase the versatility of the BCF. I encourage everyone to get a ticket for this concert,” said Drumheller Mayor Terry Yemen.

Train derails near Kathryn

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24 CN rail cars carrying grain jumped the tracks near Kathryn, around 10 a.m. Friday morning, April 10. Photos courtesy RCMP.

Beiseker RCMP are reporting a train derailment near Kathryn this morning. Around 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 10th, 24 CN train cars filled with grain left the railroad tracks.
“The main thing is there were no injuries, and no environmental damage,” said RCMP spokesman Constable J. Curtis
There were no hazardous materials in any of the derailed cars, Curtis said.

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Beiseker RCMP, Airdrie Rural RCMP, Rocky View Fire Services, Crossfield Fire Services and CN Rail staff are currently investigating, and working at the train derailment near the village of Kathryn and Highway 9.
RCMP report there are no traffic delays presently due to the derailment.

Hussar man running under Alberta Party Banner in Strathmore-Brooks

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   With a provincial election looming large on the horizon, in the area, much of the talk has been about a two horse race. In Strathmore-Brooks, a candidate is looking to shake that up.
   Hussar man, Einar Davison, has announced he will be running under the Alberta Party banner.
   “I believe every Albertan has an idea of what Alberta should be like, but the other parties haven’t bothered to ask them. I’m asking you and I hope you will take the time to tell me,” he said in a letter to constituents.
   Davison grew up on the family homestead near Hussar. He served as member of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment from 1984 to 1991, and he spent two years as an English educator in Poland after the communist lost power. After that, he became partner in the family farm.
   Politically he ran against Shirley McClellan in the 1997 election in the Drumheller-Chinook riding and served as the South Central Regional Chair of the party for three years.
   He wants to work toward a growing and sustainable economy that recognizes the importance of the energy industry, but is not overly reliant on resources. A key to that is education.
   “Education should be seen as an investment in the economy and not an expense,” he said. “Where we educate our young people to create the innovations and start the businesses that build prosperity for all Albertans.”
   He also believes in a living wage and a health care system that works again with an emphasis on prevention and diagnostics.
   “With a growing economy the government will always have sufficient revenue to pay for the programs we want. However taxes will still be reasonable and fair,” he said.
   In Strathmore-Brooks, the Wildrose Party has selected Former Canadian Taxpayer Federation director Derek Fildebrandt as its candidate in the upcoming provincial election and the Progressive Conservative have selected Newell County Reeve Molly Douglass.
According to Daveberta, a provincial political blog, the NDP have selected Lynn MacWilliam as its candidate in the riding.

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