Town crews are on site of a water main break on 12th Street West between Newcastle Trail and South Railway Avenue. Currently there is no disruption to traffic, however, the Town asks that drivers be cognizant of workers at the site over the next two days as they repair the break. So far there has not been any disruption in service.
The board of directors for Drumheller’s Hope College has made a decision to change the current name of the postsecondary institution.
The college was often mistakenly affiliated with religious schooling and it was easier on shoestring budgets. The society will be registering under a new name, leaving behind the bad debt associated with the college’s old name.
“We did it for a few different reasons; it’s going to help us out financially and some people were getting confused and plus we just wanted to separate ourselves,” said Dave Watson. “We want to start fresh.”
“Now it’s just time getting the I’s dotted and T’s crossed and get things done so then we can start a new college basically,” said Watson.
Watson feels the name change is long overdue with most of the board or anyone associated with it to some capacity already embracing the new name.
“Philosophically, we’ve changed for a couple of years, we’re just catching up to ourselves and it takes so long to do things. We knew this was going to happen, it was only a matter of time,” said Watson.
The next step is to switch the college over from a corporate style not-for-profit to a not-for-profit society.
“We have to become a society so we can do bingo and all these kinds of things,” said Watson.
It is confirmed that the curriculum itself will remain the same despite the upcoming transformation.
Watson urged the community to join if they were interested in furthering their education or wanting to help raise funds for the small school.
The Encana Atom Raptors came home from a unique tournament in Leduc with a championship and some cool new uniforms.
The Raptors competed in the Frozen 4 on February 2 and 3, an outdoor tournament in the spirit of the NHL Winter Classic Games.
The Raptors went undefeated in tournament play beating teams from Claresholm, Red Deer, and the home Leduc squad. Throughout the tournament, they braved frigid temperatures on the ice.
Coach Ryan Bitz is proud of the team. “It was lots of fun and the organizers did a pretty good job. The boys were cold but the benches were heated a little bit,” he said. “It was great to see the boys play at night with the snow falling, it is something they will remember.”
To fit with the retro theme, the teams donned classic jerseys including the Atlanta Flames and the Vancouver Canucks. The Raptors wore the retro Colorado Rockies Jerseys.
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