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Three-year-old cow births healthy triplets

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What an exciting discovery for a couple of young cattlemen on the Neu Muehl Colony, south of Delia. Jonathan Wipf was on the night check on Friday, February 11 and discovered a cow had a calf but it was very small. Thinking she was possibly going to have twins, he woke up his calving partner, John Wipf. They put the cow in the chute and pulled the second calf, this one being small as well. When John reached back in to put in some boluses, he discovered another set
of feet. This one was backwards but was an easy pull. Triplets it was. All healthy and the mother loves them. This is the cow’s second time calving. This mother and her calves will be housed in the state-of-the-art Calving Barn located on the Colony. That cow is worth her weight in gold. The Colony had a set of triplets eighteen years ago recalls John’s Dad, Ted, who is head Cattle Boss for the Colony.


Salvation Army Food Bank receives support from MNP LLP

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The Salvation Army Food Bank received a donation of $10,000 from the local branch of Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) LLP Red Deer and District Community Foundation. Jeff Hall (left), a representative from the Drumheller MNP office, presented Major Robert Burrell with the donation.

Drumheller schools top Terry Fox fundraising list

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Local schools stepped up to the plate despite COVID restrictions and showed great support for the annual Terry Fox School Runs.
The Annual Terry Fox School run took place in September and last week, the Terry Fox Foundation for Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut published its top fundraising schools and all three Drumheller schools were on the list.
St. Anthony’s School has made a tradition of marking Terry Fox’s legacy and this year set a goal of raising $6,500. It is a whole-school effort with some students taking on their initiatives to raise funds.
This year St. Anthony’s landed in third place in the territory for fundraising in elementary schools, raising $14,876.25. They were bested by two Calgary schools.
Similarly, Greentree School also has a great contingent of Terry Fox supporters participating in the annual School Run. About 70 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 participated. They also set up a page to make donations online through the Terry Fox Foundation. Many students brought their own donations to donate to the cause. Greentree School was able to raise $7,540.55, the 19th-best in the territory.
DVSS also showed their support for the Terry Fox School Run, and among Secondary Schools in the territory, DVSS raised $3,190.40, the fourth-best.
In total, the three schools raised $25,607.20.


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