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Morrin and Oyen curlers heading to zones

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Two Morrin high school curling teams are heading to zones later this month. Morrin School hosted the Rangeland High School Curling Playoffs at the Rumsey Agriplex February 5.
    The Morrin girls team won the best of three games with the rink from Oyen. Skip Katie Primrose, Third Amy Adams, Second Shelby Primrose, and Lead Jessica Wolf will head to the zones with coach Betty Primrose.
    The Morrin mixed rink won both their games in round robin play, one each with Youngstown and Oyen, to advance to the zone playoffs.
    The Morrin mixed team is players Skip Evan Hampton, Third Caitlin Wolf, Second Lowell Nelson, Lead Jorden Ferguson, and coach Melanie Nelson.
    The Morrin and Oyen boys teams played a best of 3, which saw Oyen win the first game and Morrin win the second.
    “Game 3 was a nail biter that went into an extra end, because Morrin scored 4 points to tie the game 9-9 in the 8th end. In the 9th end, Oyen had to throw their last rock and make a take out to win the game. Oyen won,” explains Melanie Nelson.
    The Oyen team is Skip Hunter Didychuk, Third Tristen Peers, Second Lucas Ramos-Strankman, Lead Jordan Spath, and coach Tenelle Brost,
    High school curling zones are scheduled for February 25 and 26 in Airdrie.


DinoFest cancelled for 2015

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Drumheller's DinoFest will not be running this year, but the Drumheller Festival Society is eyeing 2016 for DinoFest's return.

 

Drumheller’s DinoFest will not be returning in 2015, confirms Drumheller Festival Association President Ryan Semchuk.
    “We’ve had a great amount of support from the community, both with sponsorships and volunteers. But moving into this year, the problem is it’s not a sustainable model, the way it’s set up.”
    Semchuk said it was a tough decision for the board to make, but they felt it was better to look at options to generate revenue during the next DinoFest. The Festival Society is eyeing 2016 to hold the next DinoFest.
    The cost to hold DinoFest Semchuk estimates at $25,000 per year, in addition to the in-kin donations, and DinoFest didn’t receive any grant funding this year as they had in the previous years.
    The last DinoFest free community festival was held in June 2014 at the foot of the World’s Largest Dinosaur,
    An estimated 2,700 people attended the 2014 DinoFest.

 


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