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inSide Gospel Hall seeks historic designation
STREETERS
Michele Scott lation present in Drum- Both the museum and Elim Pentecosta lTabernacle, owners of the Old Central
Winter can be difficult, | inSide Drumheller heller in the 1920s that old school now have to School, filed their initial application with Drumheller’s
especially after had fled persecution in get property assessments Heritage Committee in September 2014.
The old Gospel Hall on the U.S. performed, Todor said,
Christmas, and cold Drumheller’s 3 Avenue for the province, and inSide photo by Michele Scott
weather makes getting and 8 Street West across Gospel Hall will be once that assessment is
from McConkey Park is the third building seek- completed, the proper-
out challenging, so starting the process to ing historical designa- ties will be included in
inSide Drumheller seek historical designa- tion under the Town of the provincial heritage
tion. Drumheller’s Heritage program and be eligible
asks: Building Bylaw. for provincial funding.
“What do you do “We’re looking into
to beat the winter how it can fit in with Council adopted the Todor said it is quite
the program,” said Mike heritage bylaw in August a lengthy process for a
doldrums?” Todor, Board Member of 2014, that designated municipal property to
of Drumheller’s Heritage the East Coulee School get the point to receive
Amanda Sargent Committee, noting the Museum the Town’s first provincial funding.
“Travel. Anywhere warm.” hall’s application to the municipal historic re-
committee is in its initial source. Drumheller’s Heritage
stages. Committee has started
Elim Pentecostal Tab- with 50 properties in its
Gospel Hall was home ernacle made their ap- catalogue for potential
to the Full Gospel As- plication to the Heritage historic designation in
sembly, which served the Committee for the old the Town.
African-Canadian popu- Central School in Sep-
tember.

Site Restoration: Gospel Hall on 3 Avenue and 8 Street West across from
Alberta– The Alberta Historical Resources Foundation offers matching grants, tech-
Drumheller’s McConkey Park was built in the 1920s, and
nical and advisory assistance through the Heritage Preservation Partnership Program
for the conservation of Alberta’s historic places, and heritage awareness initiatives. is in the initial stages of its application to the town’s Heri-
Maximum grant for municipal historic resource is $50,000. Maximum grant for local
historic resource is $5,000. Maximum grant for heritage research project such as a tage Committee to seek designation as a Municipal His-
historic building survey is $25,000.
toric Resource.
Source: Heritage Canada The National Trust
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Number spoofing drawing
Logan Kuefler residents into telephone scams RCMP investigate
“Come to the community Rosedale home invasion
facility. Yoga four times a Patrick Kolafa ment has added mecha-
| inSide Drumheller nisms such as The na-
week.” tional Do Not Call List
Scammers have found and its antifraud centre Michele Scott medically prescribed
Matt Bryant to help residents navi- | inSide Drumheller drugs.
“Cuddle and watch another way to draw gate the world of tele- The robbery victim
phone scams. These Drumheller RCMP was not injured during
Netflix.” locals into telephone numbers are virtually are investigating a the home invasion.
impossible to trace and home invasion that He said the man who
Devon Wade scams by spoofing local therefore cannot be reg- happened in Rosedale was robbed believes he
“I go to the gym. Or stay istered on a Do Not Call Sunday. knows who is respon-
numbers. List. Staff Sergeant Art sible, and reported it
inside.” Hopkins said two sus- to RCMP Monday.
Residents have been While number spoof- pects entered a man’s Hopkins said there
ing does not always in- home, demanding are on-going develop-
reporting they are re- dicate a scam, it should cash and prescription ments in the case, but
certainly be a red flag. medication. RCMP don’t believe
ceiving recorded tele- Hopkins said the at this point it is con-
“We are not saying if home invasion was not nected with Novem-
phone messages. What you don’t recognize the random - the suspects ber’s home invasion in
number, don’t answer were aware the house’s East Coulee.
makes these more recent Corporal Kevin Charles… it, but do be aware that occupant had the
Drumheller RCMP just because it is a local
calls more sinister, is number it could still be a
Charles. “That is one of scam,” he said.
that they are often com- the ways they are getting
around it.” The bottom line he
ing from a local phone says is to make sure that
Before this, he says if you pick up one of
number. with these calls, scam- these calls, never share
mers would simply personal information on
Corporal Kevin start dialing sequential a phone.
numbers until a per-
Charles of the Drum- son would answer. They “If you answer the
quickly realized that the phone and it is someone
heller RCMP acknowl- caller ID would display you don’t recognize, if it
a foreign number. The sounds suspicious, hang
edges that these calls new software shows a up,” he said.
random local number.
are coming in. The local
“Often if you try to call
phone number makes that number back, it is
not even in service,” he
the call more attractive said.

for residents to answer, The federal govern-

rather than just letting

them ring.

“That is all through

computers. A person can

be overseas somewhere

and over the internet use A Rosedale resident was robbed of cash and medica-
tion in a home invasion Sunday, January 11, 2015.
different software and
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make any number show

up on a caller ID,” said

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