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Dear COVID-19:

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Our girls had mini-meltdowns this week because they miss school and believe COVID-19 has ruined their lives. As much as we try to remind them how fortunate they are, they believe quite vehemently they now reside in the depths of despair. Therefore, we try to transform their tears with the lesson that every single incident in life can be handled with humour, intelligence, respect and a little music. We read funny stories, watch family videos, have living room dance parties. But sometimes, you just need to let it out. Therefore, we asked them to write their frustrations out on paper and send them to COVID-19: Typos included.

Dear COVID-19.

We hate you. Because we can’t go anywhere and we miss school and our friends.
We love being home but we don’t get any parties like at Greentree. We love our school.
Covid is the worst thing in the entire world. Covid is so bad. Do not go out of your house. We can go in our backyard but it is not the same! We can’t go to the park or get a Slurpee or see a movie or go on a plane or go to restaurants. What if covid stays long and our Elf on the shelf can’t come back because she might spread Covid?

We want the Covid-19 to go away forever.

We have to make sure we wash our hands all the time after and before we eat, play outside, touch things, things that might have germs. We touch our faces and feel bad.

If you miss going places, we don’t blame you. We want to do lots more things. Like actually see people and not on our phones. We never thought we would say this, but we are sick of phones. We don’t want to text. We want to see our friends and dance and play tag. Our Mom was going to go on a fun trip for her Birthday. But she can’t now. My brother doesn't get his big Birthday party either. We hope you go away very very very very very soon.

When you are gone, we will run outside and get ready for school the next day with excitment.
We will go swimming with our club and dance with our Shrek class like everyone is watching. Because we don’t care about dancing like nobody is watching anymore. That feels lonely. We will hug our friends and never watch tv again. Well as often.

We hate you Covid. Lalina and Suvera Ram

Dear COVID-19 is a weekly column supplied by
Drs. Rithesh and Veronique Ram

Town cancels events, programs until June 30

As part of our ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, The Town of Drumheller is cancelling all events and programs until June 30th.
All indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, bookings and programs will be suspended as the number of cases in Alberta and nationwide continue to rise.
“We are following what our neighbouring cities like Calgary and Red Deer are doing in support of planking the curve in Alberta,” states Mayor Colberg. “We know you want to enjoy our amazing landscapes and facilities, but please stay home and stay healthy. We will reopen when it’s appropriate.”
This ban includes events hosted by the Town of Drumheller as well as existing event permit applications that were scheduled to occur prior to June 30th. All events such as festivals, conferences, weddings, banquets, cultural programs, graduation ceremonies, and downtown plaza events have been cancelled.
The Director Emergency Management Darwin Durnie, explains “our decision is based on recommendations from the medical community who have been following the global pandemic. They indicate we may require up to 12 weeks of social distancing to be effective in protecting our community. We know these announcements have impacts on everyone and we thank the community for their patience as we respond to COVID-19 in a careful, compassionate and caring manner. We will take every action possible to limit the potential exposure to COVID-19.”
The Town of Drumheller will contact event organizers to arrange refunds.

St. Anthony's School, Knights of Columbus help community mark Earth Day

The Knights of Columbus and St. Anthony’s School have partnered to mark Earth Day in a unique way, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To recognize Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, the Knights of Columbus have acquired 500 seedling evergreens from Bonnyville Tree Nursery. Knight of Columbus Brian Viczko picked up the trees. On Earth Day these will be distributed by volunteers for families to plant and make Drumheller a little greener.

Principal of St. Anthony’s School, JoAnne Akerboom, explains there will be volunteers at the parent drop off loop at the school on Earth Day from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., or until they run out of trees. Anyone in the community wishing to have a tree to plant can drive through, and receive one, conforming to protocols of physical distancing and hygiene.

This year is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Mayor Heather Colberg has always been a great supporter of the effort. While current global circumstances don’t make it feasible to have a community clean up, some of the trees will be planted at the Town of Drumheller tree farm as a legacy.

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