Drumheller Titans alumni are turning heads on the field as the next generation head up to the next level of play.
    Last week it was announced standouts Connor Enns and Braden Mazereeuw were selected to play for the junior Valley Huskers. The Huskers are based in Chilliwack and play in the BC Football conference. Tye Sparvier was also signed for junior football playing for the Calgary Colts.     
    Enns has played in the Drumheller Community Football program from the Peewee Terrapins up to the Senior Titans. The DVSS graduate also played for the Airdrie Raiders.
    “They checked out my Hudl (video highlights) tape from last year with the Titans and they liked what they saw and reached out to me,” said Connor. This was not his only offer, but found the Huskers were a great fit.

    “I wanted to go to junior because my bothers also went there as well, and the team that I joined gave me a huge opportunity,” said Enns.
    He still has his sights on university and would like to play in British Columbia.
    Mazereeuw will be joining Enns as a Husker.  The St. Anthony’s graduate played as full-back and halfback for the Titans. He has played with the squad for 8 years.  He selected the Huskers because of the connection he made with the coach
“I liked the way he talked to me, he made me feel like he really wanted me to come to his organization,”’ said Mazereeuw.
    He explains he can play up to two years at the junior level without it affecting his eligibility at university.
    With the Calgary Colts selection of Tye Sparvier, he brings size to the squad. The 6’ 5” Titan has signed up to play on the Offensive Line for the Colts.
     Sparvier has played three years with the Titans, in a number of different positions. He is grateful for the instruction he has received from the Titans and has progressed quickly through his high school career.

    He tells the Mail, he chose the Colts because of location. He will be attending SAIT this fall studying new media production and design.
    “It is pretty exciting, it will be a new interesting chapter,” said Sparvier.

MLA for Drumheller -Stettler Nate Horner is encouraged to see mobilization for the Keystone Excel pipeline.
Last week equipment began arriving in the area to begin construction on the pipeline that is designed to take Alberta crude to US markets. When completed it is designed to deliver 830,000 barrels per day (Bbl/day) of crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska. From there, Alberta oil can be transported to refineries at the US Gulf Coast.
Alberta construction is ramping up. In the Drumheller-Stettler riding, there will be work from Hardisty to Empress and then into Saskatchewan before crossing the international border.
Horner met on Friday with the Mayor of Oyen and TC Energy to learn more about the project.
He says there has already been work on the controversial pipeline in the United States.
“There is a lot of good piece being done right now,” he said, adding there are still some court challenges south of the border.
The pipeline was in the news a couple of weeks ago when presidential candidate Joe Biden said if he is elected in the fall, he would kill the project.
“It is always a concern and the premier and cabinet were always aware there is a political risk,” said Horner. “The dollars spent on the construction alone locally is something like $350 million over the next two years.”
He adds this means a large number of workers.
“I have spoken to people who have vacant houses in Oyen that already have them rented out for two years,” he said. “The hotels are going to be full and there are going to be big camps as well. As long as we can work around COVID, it is going to be great for these small towns.”
This is not the only large scale project in the area. Special Areas is working on a water project as is Acadia Valley.
He explains that if completed, the Acadia Valley would convert about 27,000 acres into irrigatable land.
“The Acadia Valley Irrigation Valley Irrigation Project is probably the most exciting and urgent,” said Horner.