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Greentree students catch Olympic spirit in Drumheller

Greentree Elementary School Student Council, with the help of teacher Penny Messom, ran their own Olympic torch relay after lunch February 6 to kick off the Sochi Winter Olympics. The torch was made by Tamara Dyler and members of the student council. Delaney Hunter, right, hands off the Olympic Torch to Tori James for the next leg of the relay.
 


Grace House eyes future changes



    The Drumheller Society for Recovery - Grace House is looking to make some changes in the future, and has hired a consultant to help them see if it’s possible.
    “At this point, we’re having a consultant do a feasibility study to see if we can raise the money we need to renovate or expand Grace House,” says Executive Director Daniel Harrison. 
    He said The Goldie Company from Calgary is doing the assessment.
    “What the consultant is looking at in terms of overall amount is two to two and a half million dollars,” says Harrison.
    He explains it would be a significant capital campaign for Grace House, and would involve making a number of appeals to governments, foundations, corporate donors, and individuals in the community.
    Harrison says if they get a positive result from the consultant, they would probably start the campaign in early summer.
    Grace House provides a 90 to 120 day residential treatment program for men with alcohol or other drug addictions.
    Harrison says Grace House operates the Odd Job Squad in Drumheller.  “We’ve been shovelling snow for two months,” he says.

Couple’s spree covers two provinces in three days

   

Two people are facing charges after police investigated incidents stretching from Drumheller to Moose Jaw. 
    Just before midnight on Wednesday, February 5, Drumheller RCMP came across a car stuck in a ditch on Highway 9 a few miles west of Drumheller.  This vehicle matched the description of a car that had been reported as being driven erratically a few minutes previously. 
    Police quickly determined that car had been reported stolen out of Calgary two hours earlier.  A 29 year old female and a 28 year old male, both claiming to be from Calgary, were arrested without incident and charged for possession of property over $5000 obtained by crime. 
    In addition the female is also charged for obstructing a police officer by providing a false name.  The male is also charged with breaching conditions of his release on another unrelated offence.
    The two accused are Neil Robert Macdonald, 28, of no fixed address, and Jessica Loney, 29, of no fixed address.
  Both subjects were brought before a justice to determine if they should be released.  Upon hearing the allegations and evidence presented by the police, the presiding justice decided to release them into the community.  The two were released on a recognizance without cash bail requiring them to attend court on February 21 in Drumheller.
    Within an hour of their release, Drumheller RCMP responded to a complaint associated to the theft of a motor vehicle from MAC’s in Drumheller. This vehicle was left running and unlocked while the operator was in the store.
    On February 7, the stolen vehicle was involved in a accident in Moosejaw, Sask.  Jessica Loney was located and arrested at the scene.  The vehicle left the scene being operated by a male driver believed to be Neil Macdonald. The vehicle has since been recovered and the Moosjaw Police Service are actively looking for Macdonald.
    Drumheller RCMP would like to remind motorists not to leave their vehicles running while unattended, and especially unlocked.


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