The popular annual Spring Clean up program will be continuing with a new name and date.
This annual program, now called Community Clean-up, will be taking place in September.
A program review last winter determined that the resources required for the Spring Clean up program caused delays in starting street cleaning, spring beautification, and other seasonal activities. Administration recommended moving the program to the Fall while still maintaining the same curbside pickup that occurs during the Spring.
Additionally, the Town of Drumheller will be providing two vouchers to each residential property to use at the landfill anytime in the calendar year.
“Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted our business as usual, transforming it to business unusual. The plans to change Spring Clean up to “Community Clean up” in the fall were never finalized,” explained Darryl Drohomerski CAO. “As a temporary solution, fees at the landfill were waived for Drumheller residents during the traditional Spring Clean Up period to ensure residents were not storing refuse for an extended period.”
Tonight, Council officially approved having Community Clean-up in September with the program occurring in the fall in future years. However, there is still some uncertainty over the program taking place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Town of Drumheller will keep residents informed of any changes to Community Clean up as we continue to navigate through these changing circumstances.

    For more than two decades, Lars Nielsen has taken on a second identity of Akela, the Cubmaster.
    Nielsen has volunteered as a leader for the First Drumheller Scouts for 20 years. His boys were involved in Cubs and Scouts, and that’s when he decided to get involved. Over the years hundreds of boys and girls have gone through the scouting experience with Nielsen as their Akela.
    “I like to work with the kids, especially at that age,” he said. “They are easy to entertain and they love the challenge.”
    “It’s a challenge for me too, but it is a good challenge, they keep me young too.”
    Prior to being involved in scouts, he was an outdoorsman and an avid hunter and fisherman. He enjoys passing on the skills he has, especially outdoor pursuits.
    Each year there are anywhere from a half dozen to over 25 in the troupe. Right now he has about 10 Cubs in his pack. Each week they work on different activities and earn badges for putting in the time to learn and perfect new skills. They go on about three or four campouts each year.
    “The most important skill for me is respect. Respect for each other and respect for yourself,” he said. “A lot of kids don’t have this.”
    He says sometimes it is difficult to get more volunteers. He encourages anyone to get involved. Volunteerism has its own rewards and Scouting offers the opportunity to meet new people from all over.
    “If you like to teach young people new skills and enjoy working with kids,” he said. “If I didn’t like it I wouldn’t have done it for so many years.”