Sandy Lam, pictured, and her husband Gordon have closed the doors to Drumheller's Fred & Barney’s Family Restaurant. The Lams first opened their business in August 1994.

After twenty years in business and too many buffets to count, Drumheller’s Fred & Barney’s Family Restaurant has closed its doors.
    Owners of the building,  where the restaurant is located off Highway 9, didn’t renew any of the tenant leases.
    Lam has nothing but praise for the community and for the  customers who chose Fred & Barney’s as the place to eat  or host an event, and the place to celebrate special milestones such as birthdays and anniversaries. “We’re really missing the customers,” said owner Sandy  Lam.
    She said they’ve had a lot of regular customers who have been coming to the restaurant since her and husband Gordon first opened their doors back in August of 1994.
    Lam adds the gentleman who won their restaurant’s grand opening prize also returned to take part in their final day of business.
    She regrets that staff shortages over their final few days of business meant they weren’t able to offer their popular take-out  service for customers.
    The last three days of business were pretty hectic for them, with husband Gordon being the lone cook in the kitchen.
    However, he has a solid thirty years of experience as a Chinese cook that held him in good stead.
    She said she was really proud of him - he was pretty organized and had some prep-work help, but otherwise handled the cooking himself.
    A lot of the food served at Fred & Barney’s was homemade, Lam said.
    Her three sons, two from Calgary and the third from Drumheller, all came for the restaurant’s final day and they, along with a nephew, were kept busy helping out.
    Lam appreciates the hard work of all the staff over the years, and wanted to give a special mention to Lori Bugdale and Debbie Scarlett for their ten years of service, and  to Rose Harrison, for her sixteen years of service.
    Some of Fred & Barney’s staff have found other jobs, Lam said, and some are taking a rest.
    The restaurant equipment and items are being given away or sold, and Lam is unsure of what she’ll do with all her time after retiring from the restaurant, but in the short term, she’s planning a trip to Hong Kong to visit her Mother.
    Lam said running a restaurant can be very stressful, and she certainly won’t miss the stress.   

A  Three Hills man faces a number of charges after a group of sexual assaults early Monday morning at the Three Hills Prairie Bible Institute.

RCMP have charged thirty-three-year old Renie GALL with one count of break and enter, six counts of sexual assault, and one count of theft under $5000. He is also facing a break and enter charge on a separate incident.

Gall is being held in custody and will appear in Drumheller Provincial Court on Friday, August 22, at 10 a.m.

A man fitting the description of the suspect in the Prairie Bible Institute sexual assaults turned himself in to RCMP Monday afternoon around 1:00 p.m. after police released a photo from video surveillance of the alleged suspect. Three Hills RCMP asked for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual.
    In the early morning hours of Monday, August 17, 2014 a male suspect broke into the student dormitories at the Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills. It is alleged that while inside, the suspect sexually assaulted several students in their dorm rooms before leaving the building and riding away on a bicycle. The investigation indicates that none of the victims were physically injured during the incident.
    RCMP would like to thank the public for their support and assistance during this matter.