Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Drumheller, Three Hills and areas.

There is the possibility of strong wind gusts, large hail, heavy rain, and intense lightening. Environment Canada reminds people that tornadoes can develope from severe thunnderstorms.

The alert covers the following locations:

• Acme and Linden
• Kneehill Co. near Carbon
• Kneehill Co. near Three Hills
• Kneehill Co. near Torrington and Wimborne
• Kneehill Co. near Trochu and Huxley
• Rocky View Co. near Irricana Beiseker and Kathyrn
• S.A. 2 near Finnegan and Little Fish Lake Prov. Park
• Starland Co. near Michichi and Delia
• Starland Co. near Morrin and Munson
• Starland Co. near Rumsey and Rowley
• Town of Drumheller
• Wheatland Co. near Hwys 569 and 848
• Wheatland Co. near Rockyford and Rosebud

Weather alerts for Alberta can be found online at http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=ab.

Football is just around the corner and next week the Terrapins and the Titans will be back in training. Anyone wishing to learn more of sign up can come to the DVSS Field Monday after school.

The only good thing about the shorter days as summer winds down, is the coming of Friday night lights.
    Drumheller Community Football is ready to go, and next week training starts for the Titans and Terrapins.  Come Monday they will be on the field, and head coach of the senior Titans likes what he sees.
    “We don’t look too bad, we have a bunch of young guys. A lot of key roles will have to be filled by other guys stepping up in our roster where rookies are going in,” said senior head coach Ken Fournier.
    “It looks like the first two weeks of the season will be a lot of hard work for them, but we have a good group coming forward, we can make it work.”
This year they have added a few more coaches including Guy Latour, who is a former University of Calgary Dino. Spencer Seright is also joining the coaching team.
    “They will be helping us, which is great, the more coaches the merrier, and experience coming in is awesome,” said coach Fournier.
    It won’t take long for the action to begin. The Titians will be taking on the Bonnyville Voyageurs.
    In league play, they are back in the hunt in the Rangeland Conference.  Coach Fournier says there should not be as much travelling for the established team.
    “If we seed high in playoffs, we could potentially host nine games this year,” said Fournier. “Last year we travelled a lot, we had our third provincial win and nobody got to see us. We really look forward to playing at home this year, and most of our games will be on Friday night, so that is an added bonus.”
    After three provincial wins, you would think the team would be picking up players from all over, but Fournier said the roster they had in the spring was somewhat smaller than in previous years.
    “I would like to see bodies out,” said Fournier.
 He says anyone wishing to play can come out next week. There will be Drumheller Football representatives there with registration packages who will be able to answer any questions.
    On Saturday evening, August 16, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. there is a registration and equipment hand out, and on Monday, the Titans will be back on the field for practice.