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RCMP reintroduces DARE program

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After a few years hiatus, the Drumheller RCMP has reinstituted the DARE Program to area schools.
   The Drug Abuse Resistance Awareness Program has been wildly successful over the years throughout North America. This year Constable Craig Nelson, with support from Mark Amatto delivered the program to Greentree School, as well as Morrin School, Delia School and Carbon School.
   “Every school that wanted has it,” Nelson told the Mail. During the last week of school, all four held their graduations.
DARE has grown into a more holistic program.
   “It was originally about drug resistance education, but now it is more about making appropriate decisions. There is a portion about drugs, but there is also a portion about standing up for yourself and standing up to bullies.”
   Other components include effective communication, how to recognize emotions and how to deal with them appropriately.
   “Instead of just talking about drugs, now we are giving them the tools to make decisions,” said Nelson.
   Beyond the curriculum of the program, it is a chance for young people in Grades 5 and 6 to interact with RCMP officers.
   “If I can keep kids off drugs and have them make good decisions, that is one thing, but really at the end of the day a kid’s first interaction with they police shouldn’t be when the are 16 and driving, and getting pulled over by police,” he said. “We should be able to build a relationship with our youth at a younger age so that they learn what we’re about, learn what we are here for. We are here for a service, we want to help.”
   He enjoys this component.
   “It is cool for me to walk through the school and all the kids know me, if that   carries on throughout their young adulthood and into their grown years… for me that is my goal to build bridges to the community.”
   He hopes that the program will continue into the future.
   “They are really good kids and really receptive to this,” said Nelson. “The good thing is there is a lot of discussion so kids can bring up their issues.”
   “It’s cool to let the kids steer the bus and see the issues that are important to them.”

FireFit Drumheller team competes in Calgary

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Six members of the Drumheller Fire Department competed in the Fire Fit challenge this past weekend in Calgary. The Calgary round was the southern prairie regionals and two members from Drumheller made it through to the Canadian National Championships which will take place in September in Kitchener Ontario. Duane Bolin, right, received a gold medal in the over 50 individual race and will receive a bye into the nationals. Merv Smith, left, received a silver medal and will have to compete in a preliminary round to advance at the nationals. Bolin and Smith will compete as both individuals and as a team in the X3 relay

Quilting in the Badlands in its fifth year

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Quilting will once again be taking over the Badlands.
Quilting in the Badlands, in its fifth year, will be a four-day event that will be taking place from July 2-5 at the Badlands Community Facility.
   This year, Anna Hergert and Dawn Hunt will be judging and awarding prizes and ribbons to the quilts that are submitted and are the best in their craft. At 5:30 on July 2 the Quilting in the Badlands will offer a ‘Sneak-a-Peak’ wine and cheese affair open to the public to view the quilts, meet vendors from the Vendor Marketplace, and take in a lecture by Hergert on ‘Choosing Creativity’ Linda Ames, Chair of the Quilting in the Badlands Quilt show and Festival committee, said.
   The vendors marketplace will be open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On Saturday a farmers market will take place downtown as well as entertainment for guests.
   On Friday and Saturday workshops are scheduled with Hergert for those quilters interested in building their skills, Ames said.
   Tickets for the ‘sneak-a-peak’ event can be purchased online at www.quilitinginthebadlands.org or at Bits and Pieces Keepsake Quilting in Drumheller.
   Ames said the ticket costs for the ‘sneak-a-peak’ and a 15 per cent consignment fee from the vendors marketplace will support the Drumheller and Area Health foundation and the hospital’s operating room.
   “Anybody who wants to sell a quilt through the show, they just have to fill out the paperwork and bring it by and we will put it up there and whatever they decided they want to sell the quilt for, that’s fine, and we will pass it through Bits and Pieces Keepsake Quilting and the proceeds of that will go directly to the foundation office.”

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