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Firefighters awarded

The dedication of members of the Drumheller Fire department was recognized at their annual awards night. mayors trophy

The Mayor’s Award, Firefighter of the years, went to Doug Stanger. This trophy award is presented to the firefighter with the highest attendance to calls, meetings and practice. Chief Bruce Wade presents the award.

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The Rollie Yavis award, named in honour of the former firefighter had two recipients this year as Duane Bolin, centre, presents the award to Keith Hodgson, left, and Peter Gruber

Rookies

The department had another busy season and this year it added some new faces as Chief Bruce Wade, Centre, welcomes Daniel McLellan, Kyle Smith, Ken Vereschagin and Mason Schinnour. Missing: Chris Bulechowsky.

Jamie Worman named 2017 Citizen of the Year

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Congratulations to Jamie Worman who was named the 2017 Rotary Club of Drumheller's Citizen of the Year.

The Rotary's Celebration of Excellence, sponsored by Canalta, was held Saturday evening. Jamie Worman, who over the last couple of years has come to embody paying it forward, was the recipient of the award. He was presented by Heather Colberg.

The runner up was Linda Traquair, presented by John Sparling.

The Dr. Ken Julson Award, the Most Courteous Employee Award was also presented Saturday evening. Don Woodruff of Rutz Agency was the recipient. He was presented by Karen Crawford. The runner- up was Jocelyn Turenne of Cafe Ole. She was presented by Sylvia Adams.

The Town of Drumheller's Badlands Scholarship was presented to Noah Miles and the Leaders of Tomorrow awards were presented to Teaghan Coultes.

The Athlete of the Year awards were presented to Noah Miles and Bailey Faubion.

Hip-Hop for a Cure joins cancer fight

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   Some young hip-hop artists from Drumheller and beyond put together their MC skills to raise funds to fight cancer.
   The first annual Hip-Hop for a Cure event went on March 25 at Neighbours Pub in Drumheller. Local artists such as J McLean and Limitlis MC were joined by other hip-hop artists from across the province for the benefit concert.
   Thomas Schow, who also goes by Apollo XCII said they have been working on the event for a few months.
   “My dad passed away from cancer when I was 17, so when we finally got to the stage of wanting to do an event, we wanted to do something that gave back to the community,” he said. “We wanted to do something cool and that was my first choice for a charity.”
   When all was said and done, they were able to raise just over $500 and presented it to the Drumheller Area Health Foundation for the local cancer unit.
   The event also showcased a growing hip-hop community. Schow explains there is a number of local MCs who have been honing their craft, and Drumheller is also becoming a popular venue for out of town artists.
   “We are growing as a place for artists from Alberta to come to,” he said.
   He says there is strong support to make this an annual event. “We’ll see how much bigger and better we can get next year,” he said.

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