The Standard 4-H Club had their first general meeting on October 20, 2013 at their regular meeting spot in the Standard Library.  
    We are starting up our new year with Robyn Zakariasen as our general leader for both the sheep and horse side of our club! We rolled into our meeting by doing our yearly elections!
    They go as follows: President as Nicole Ellis, Vice President as Nolan Kathol, Treasurer as EricaLynn Skibsted, Historian as Breanna Seeley, District Junior Council Rep. as both Kelsey Kathol and Nicole Ellis and Club Reporter as Shaynna Duguay reporting the horse activities and I, Sarah Wolfs as the sheep activity reporter!
    We went over some fun ideas we could do with our club throughout the 4-H year. Two ideas were, seeing if we can get a tour of the new Animal Care Centre in Strathmore and to go see the Custom Woolen Mills in Linden. We hope to be able to go to some places that will help us learn more about our projects!
    We are purchasing a wreath for Remembrance Day again to place in front of the arena’s cross again this year.
    There will be district meetings on January 15, March 5th and April 16 at the Strathmore Civic Centre. Members and parents are allowed to go if they would like.
    Our club has decided to include “Cleaver Kids” program again. This program allows 7 and 8 year olds to participate in 4-H and learn the basics.
    We have decided to sell cookie dough again as our main fundraiser for our club this year. There are many delicious flavors to choose from that will please the whole family. We have set a minimum amount of buckets for each member to sell. All orders must be in by November 10. Please get in touch with a member if you would like to purchase some and support our club!
    We will also be doing tire recycling and electronic recycling to help us raise money. So please give us a call if you have any tires or electronics lying around!

    For 39 years, the community of Drumheller and St. Anthony’s School has remembered a former student who was lost one night after being hit by a car in Rosedale.
    Adele Dyck was the daughter of Henry and Yola Dyck. When she was 13 she was attending St. Anthony’s School and the family was living in Rosedale. On September 27, 1974, at about 8 p.m., she was on her way home from a friend’s home when she was struck by a vehicle and killed on Highway 10. Her mother Yola discovered her just a half a block from their home.
     After the accident there was an outpouring from the community of support for the family.  The only clue the police released to the public following the tragic collision was they believed it was a red vehicle that struck the young girl.    
    It was reported that because it was a stormy night police believed it was possible the driver may have never known they had struck someone.
    To this day the driver has never been discovered.
    The support came from the school community and Yola said the first ever Adele Dyck Memorial Award was presented at the end of that school year in 1975.
    St. Anthony’s School describes the Adele Dyck Memorial Award as its “oldest and most prestigious award.”
    It is also one of its most unique awards. Each year it is presented to a Grade 8 student. The candidates are assessed on scholarship, friendliness, participation in school and community, co-operation, judgment, industry, sense of fair play and character.
    What makes the award unique is that the students select the winner. While teachers have the authority to veto any of the award winners, in the history of the award this has never happened,
    “This year the students picked another worthy recipient who has demonstrated all the attitudes and criteria that we look for.  It is with great pleasure to present this year’s Adele Dyck Memorial Award to Rachel Ranger,” said Principal JoAnne Akerboom at the presentation on September 16 of this year.

St. Anthony’s principal JoAnne Akerboom, left presents the Adele Dyck Memorial Award to Rachel Ranger.  This award is one of the school’s most prestigious, awards and has been presented since 1975.