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Pasta night planned for Dinosaur Half

Dinosaur Half Organizer Colin Kloot shows off this year’s Dinosaur Hall t-shirt design. To receive the shirt on race day, registration has to be completed by August 23. Registration forms are available at Herman Kloot and Company or at www.dinosaurhalf.com.

    More than just a road race, organizers of the Dinosaur Half Marathon are taking a leap forward with a full slate of new events, a new route and new vistas of the valley.
   The Community Futures Dinosaur Half has become an institution in the valley with unwavering support for the Badlands Community Facility. This year the facility will be front and centre supporting the event.
   Vistas of the valley, camaraderie and healthy living are the focus of the annual event, and that has not changed. The Badlands are front and centre as three new routes for the 5K, 10K and half marathon have been drawn out. These all start and finish at the Badlands Community Facility, and while the courses still provide a challenge for avid athletes, the new routes are a little more user friendly.
   The 5K is billed as a family fun run and entry-level event to encourage a healthy lifestyle. Participants in all events will receive a t-shirt and a medal. The organizers have responded to feedback and have selected a paved route with minimal elevations, making it friendly for strollers. This allows even the littlest participants to enjoy the day.
   The 10K is also on a more user friendly course, but still provides a beautiful September morning view of the valley. Organizer Colin Kloot says the town has been busy making sure the paths are cleared and ready for the runners.
   The half marathon course has also changed, but it still provides a great challenge. This year there is only four kilometres of gravel. The course takes you from downtown Drumheller to the Royal Tyrrell Museum and back to the Badlands Community Facility.
   To get ready for the race on Sunday, September 8, organizers have arranged the perfect way to load up in energy.
   There will be a pasta night at the Badlands Community Facility, catered by Double D Catering. The facility will be open to families with all kinds of events to showcase the facility.
   There will be a beer garden on Saturday night, and racers can enjoy a brewsky after their run on Sunday as well.
   The Town of Drumheller has also shown their support and is opening up the facility and the Aquaplex to provide toonie showers for participants after the race.
   Kloot says registration is a little bit behind last year at this time and maybe because many in Calgary are dealing with flood damage. They have about 260 runners signed up. While participants in the race will receive a t-shirt, they have to register by August 23 to make sure they receive it in a timely way.
   Registration forms are available at Herman Kloot and Company or by going to www.dinosaurhalf.com

Alberta Mid Handicap Championship underway at Dinosaur Trail

The Alberta Men’s Mid Handicap Championship is on today and tomorrow at Dinosaur Trail Golf and Country Club and so far, Drumheller golfers are doing well. At the end of Wednesday’s competition David Chapados of Whitecourt is leading with Drumheller’s Jeff Skytt in second and Trent Colberg in third place.

To see the leaderboard, click here.

Rumsey Ride gallops into 24th year

    Cowboys and girls from the Rumsey area are getting saddled up this weekend to ride for a good cause.
   On Sunday, August 11, the 24th annual Rumsey Ride will be hitting the trails in support of STARS. The ride has raised $538,412 to date.
   “I don’t think there is anyone around here that doesn’t know someone who has been saved by STARS. We are in the middle of nowhere and it’s wonderful to have that helicopter come when we need it,” said Kendra Kiemele, a member of the Rumsey Ride committee.

Ernie Goddard, right, and STARS resource development coordinator Wanda Freeborn during the 2012 Rumsey Ride. This year’s ride will pay tribute to Jacqui Goddard, Ernie’s wife, and Leonard Richmond, who both helped organize the ride for many years. There will be minutes of silence and poem readings for each.

    Though Kiemele is excited for this year’s ride, it will be bittersweet.
   “In the last three years, we’ve lost four members of our STARS committee. In the last year, we lost Jacqui Goddard and we miss her terribly. We also lost Leonard Richmond, another long-time member of the committee. We’re going to be having minutes of silence for them and reading their favourite poems,” said Kiemele. “This was so important to them, so we’re going to keep it going.”
   The day’s festivities begin at 8 a.m. at the TL Bar Ranch near Rumsey with a breakfast. The two rides begin at 10:30 a.m.
   In addition, the Rumsey Ride will have a poker rally, quilt raffle, silent auction, guest speaker, and a special presentation of Ducks and Dogs.
   “We started it last year and people just loved it. There are some trained border collies doing a demonstration with ducks, putting them through tubes and in and out of a crate. It’s really cool,” said Kiemele.
   This year, the Richmond family will be sponsoring a hot dog and smokie lunch.
   For the Rumsey Ride to have lasted so long, Kiemele credits the support of the community.
   “We have so much wonderful support from the community. There are the riders who go and get pledges, people who pledge to the riders, the businesses who donate to the silent auction, the Rumsey Fire Department who cook the supper, the Country Cookers donate their time and expertise for the supper, the people who work all year to make sure things go off without a hitch, and the Lynch’s, the TL Bar Ranch, who let us use their land. There are so many people,” said Kiemele. “It takes everybody to pull this off.”
   To donate, pledge your support to a rider or contact Kiemele at 403-368-3740.

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