Local schools stepped up to the plate despite COVID restrictions and showed great support for the annual Terry Fox School Runs.
The Annual Terry Fox School run took place in September and last week, the Terry Fox Foundation for Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut published its top fundraising schools and all three Drumheller schools were on the list.
St. Anthony’s School has made a tradition of marking Terry Fox’s legacy and this year set a goal of raising $6,500. It is a whole-school effort with some students taking on their initiatives to raise funds.
This year St. Anthony’s landed in third place in the territory for fundraising in elementary schools, raising $14,876.25. They were bested by two Calgary schools.
Similarly, Greentree School also has a great contingent of Terry Fox supporters participating in the annual School Run. About 70 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 participated. They also set up a page to make donations online through the Terry Fox Foundation. Many students brought their own donations to donate to the cause. Greentree School was able to raise $7,540.55, the 19th-best in the territory.
DVSS also showed their support for the Terry Fox School Run, and among Secondary Schools in the territory, DVSS raised $3,190.40, the fourth-best.
In total, the three schools raised $25,607.20.

A man was fined $,1500 and received a one-year hunting license suspension after pleading guilty to unauthorized hunting.
Donald Fobert appeared in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, February 11, via telephone.
He was facing two charges under the Alberta Wildlife Act, including unauthorized hunting on occupied land without the consent of the owner and possession of wildlife. He pled guilty to the unauthorized hunting charge.
The court heard on November 11, 2020, at 4 p.m., two witnesses saw two people cutting and loading a mule deer. The witness knew the landowner and knew they did not permit hunting on their land. They obtained the license plate.
Fish and Wildlife Officer Visser investigated and learned the license plate belonged to Fobert. He also took statements from the witnesses and landowner and collected DNA from the deer at the scene.
Officer Markotic seized the vehicle, and investigators obtained a search warrant. They took blood and tissue samples and noted they matched the DNA material from the scene. The witness identified Fobert, and investigators also obtained cell phone information that showed that Fobert was in the area.
While the trial was originally scheduled for February 25, the judge took into account his timely guilty plea. He fined Fobert $1,500, and suspended his hunting license for a year. The second charge was withdrawn.
There was a forfeiture order for the exhibits taken for the investigation and Fobert also faces a $3,900 bill for storage of his truck.