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Who are you? Kirsten Pallesen

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Age: 16.
Employer: World’s Largest Dinosaur.
Job Title: Tourism Services Representative.
What do you like most about Drumheller? The small town atmosphere, and how many different visitors we get.
Favourite part about your job? Meeting different people, and working with some great ones.
What do you do for fun? Volleyball, basketball, helping around the farm and playing with my goats.
Favourite summertime activity? Sun-tanning.
If you were stuck on a desert island, what three things would you bring? My horse, cellphone, and a boat.
If you were Prime Minister today, what would your first act of office be? I wouldn’t want to be Prime Minister.
Where do you want to travel to most? Europe and Australia.
Team Edward or Jacob? Neither, Twilight is stupid.
Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi, definitely.
If you were granted three wishes, what would you wish for? Unlimited wishes, lots of money, and to be happy.
Words to live by? To always be happy and smile.
What’s in your CD player? Theory of a Deadman right now, but I listen to everything.
What would you do with $1,000,000? Invest and give some back to my family.
Favourite colour? Purple.
What’s a good book you’ve read recently? My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult.
If you could change into an animal, which would it be? Being a salamander would be cool.
If granted one superpower, what would you choose? Invisibility.


Who are you? Jobi Lucas

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Age: 19.
Employer: Boston Pizza.
Job Title: Server.
What do you like most about Drumheller? I can go away and come back and it will still feel like home.
Hobbies and interests? Playing with kittens and driving my golf cart.
Favourite colour? Purple.
Favourite summertime activity? Running through the sprinklers and freezies.
What’s a good book you’ve read recently? House Rules by Jodi Picoult.
What’s in your CD player? Justin Bieber and Jack Johnson.
Where in the world do you want to travel? Norway, to see my best friend Kristina.
If you had a time machine where and when would you travel? Ancient Greece, so I could wear a toga all the time.
What are your desert island movies? Casper the Friendly Ghost, Thumbalina, and Hot Rod.
If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? Brittany Murphy, I’d server her sushi. Who doesn’t like sushi?
What would you do with $1,000,000? Travel, buy Cassie’s (co-worker) dream house, and buy a lot of Pixie Stix.
What would be your dream job? Criminal psychologist.
If you were granted three wishes, what would they be? Go see my family and friends in Mexico, to live closer to my sister, and to have unlimited wishes.
What are your words to live by? Don’t eat the yellow snow.
Coke or Pepsi? Don’t know the difference.
Team Edward or Jacob? Jacob?
Favourite quote? “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” Marilyn Monroe

Who are you? Amy Jopp

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Job: Community Services Coordinator
Employer: Town of Drumheller
Volunteer Service: Big Country Anti-Violence Association, Youth Justice Committee.
What do you like about your job? Gets me out in the public, building partnerships with stakeholders, promoting awareness of family violence.
Where do you live? Drumheller.
How long have you lived there? About a year.
If not all your life, where do you come from and what brought you to Drumheller? From Ontario, I came to Alberta to work with the Calgary Police, and I met someone in Drumheller.
What do you like best about Drumheller? The visitor attractions, there are always different faces. There is also lots of community involvement.
If there were one thing you could change about Drumheller, what would it be? I would like to see a youth shelter, a place of refuge from family violence and substance abuse.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? San Diego.
What do you do in your spare time? Work out, rollerblade, visit family in Ontario.
Your life’s best achievement? Being involved in the planning process of starting the Youth Justice Committee.
What are your strengths? Working with behavioral issues, de-escalating crisis situations.
Any weaknesses? Chocolate.
Any bad habits? Smoking.
Three words that best describe you?  Strong, independent, focused.
If you were granted three wishes from an angel or genie, what would they be? World Peace, to have a child, and be closer to family.
If you could have one super power what would it be? Invisibility.
If you could travel back in time and meet yourself as a 10 year old kid, what advice would you give yourself? Be nicer to siblings.
Closet fan of? Sandra Bullock.


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