After a year on the job, Drumheller Town Councillors have realigned themselves to new board appointments.
    Council held its annual organizational meeting on Monday, October 24. This is where the portfolios of councillors are assigned, and there were a few changes.
    This year, Mayor Terry Yemen has been appointed to the Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce, the Disaster Service Committee, the Community Standards Appeal Committee, the Economic Development Task Force, the Red Deer River Municipal Users Group, the Kneehill Regional Water Services Commission and the Badlands Community Facility Steering Committee.
    Doug Stanford has been appointed to the Airport Commission, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Community Advisory Commission for the RCMP, the Police Committee, Badlands Ambulance, the Disaster Service Committee and Crime Stoppers.
    Andrew Berdahl has been appointed to the Municipal Planning Commission, the Drumheller Public Library Board, the Disaster Service Committee, the Revitalization Corporation, the Drumheller and District Humane Society and the Badlands Community Facility Steering Committee.
    Sharel Shoff has been appointed to Palliser Regional Municipal Service, Community Futures, Communities in Bloom, the Assessment Review Board and the Economic Development Task Force.
    Jay Garbutt is on the Drumheller and District Solid Waste Management Association, the Drumheller Housing Administration, the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, the Community Standards Appeal Committee, the Taxi Commission and the Badlands Community Facility Steering Committee.
    Tom Zariski will sit on the Valley Bus Society, the Drumheller and District Seniors Foundation, the Heritage Steering Committee and the Badlands Community Facility Design Committee.
    Lisa Hansen-Zacharuk will sit on the Drumheller Agriculture and Stampede Board, the Sub-division Appeal Board, Communities in Bloom, the Community Standards Appeal Board, the Assessment Review Board, the Revitalization Corporation and the Taxi Commission.

    This year’s Terry Fox Run was a great success, raising nearly $6,000.
    The annual run was held on Sunday, September 18 at Midland Hall. It attracted a strong crowd of walkers and runners, as well as Mrs. Gerodo’s Grade 2 class from Greentree School. In total, the community raised $5,800 at the one-day event.
    Organizer Sharel Shoff is appreciative to all who participated in this year’s event, including Gerodo’s class and the parents who participated. The Greentree School contingent raised about two-thirds of the total.
    The volunteers also played a great role at the event, doing everything from putting up signs to registering the participants. The Midland Community Association donated the use of the hall for the event and the Elks Club came out once again to serve lunch following the run.
    At this year’s event, Shoff recognized the longtime support of some of the participants. Edith Suntjens and Lyle Row have participated in the run since the initial event in 1980. Donna Wilton has participated in the most runs with 29.    
    “Without the dedication of people like these, cancer could not be beaten. 87 cents of every dollar raised is spent on cancer research,” said Shoff.