Dinosaur Valley Half Marathon representative Becky Kowalchuk, left, presents token of appreciation to President Bev Krabsen of the Drumheller Rotary Club whose members regularly assist in the annual road race in September. Rotary plays a key role in the event volunteers in all kinds of capacities including course marshaling and aid stations.
Former owner and coach of the Drumheller Falcons, Jack Samuel, drops the puck on Friday, January 17 as the Drumheller Dragons took on the Calgary Canucks. The game was in honour of the Drumheller Falcons, the valley’s first incarnation of Junior A Hockey in the valley. The team wore throwback purple and gold uniforms and the Dragons invited several Drumheller Falcon alumni back to the Drumheller Memorial Arena to enjoy the game and to remember the Falcons.
Greentree School now has a piece of lifesaving equipment for use in cardiac emergencies, thanks to a local physician.
Dr. Rithesh Ram and his family have donated an automated external defibrillator (AED). Dr. Ram tells the Mail it is an established fact that AEDs save lives.
“The evidence is so strong that many jurisdictions have passed laws making it mandatory to have them in all public schools. Unfortunately, in Alberta that is not yet the case,” he said.
“As parents as well as physicians, we want to ensure that in the rare event where a child is in sudden cardiac arrest, that they are afforded the best possible chance of living, and that’s why Greentree Elementary School required an AED.”
With the new AED are Lalina and Suvera Ram.
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