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Start for skateboard park

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(l-r) Nick Sereda, MLA Richard Starke, presenting the $125,000 cheque to Brooke Christianson.

A skateboard park for Drumheller is a step closer to reality today. The Drumheller Association of Skateboarding Enthusiasts (DASE) received a cheque from the province for $125,000 under it’s Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP).

“We’re extremely excited,” said DASE’s Brooke Christianson. “It’s an awesome day to finally receive these funds for the project.” The cheque was presented by Richard Starke, MLA for Vermillion-Lloydmister. “Essentially it makes the project possible. Without these funds it would be very difficult to start next year, which we plan on doing,” said Christianson, adding the skateboard park will be located on the site of the old tennis courts beside Drumheller’s Aquaplex. MLA Starke also presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Atlas Coal Mine for technology upgrades, and a cheque for $75,000 to Travel Drumheller, which helps the Drumheller DinoArts Association pay the bills from coordinating September's Tough Mudder.

 


New home delivery for D.A.R.T.S.

 

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The Drumheller and Region Transition Society (D.A.R.T.S.) welcomes the delivery of its new home Monday on Newcastle Trail in Drumheller. The home is being placed on the lot next to the existing D.A.R.T.S. residence. The home was built in High River and transporting it to Drumheller took between six and seven hours October 27 said D.A.R.T.S. said Executive Director Lorelei Martin. She explained designing the house began in summer of 2013, but planning for it began about ten years ago, prior to the building of the first D.A.R.T.S. residence. She estimates the four-bedroom house will be ready to welcome new residents in February 2015.

Real men get tested

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John Mackenzie, left, has his PSA test administered by RN Joanne Skibsted in The Man Van, a mobile prostate cancer screening clinic last Thursday in Drumheller.   

A quick prick in the arm is all it takes for a man to get a snapshot of his risk for prostate cancer.
    The Man Van, an Alberta initiative of the Prostate Cancer Centre to facilitate men getting a PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test was through the valley last week. It was at the Drumheller Co-op during Co-op Days, with goal of encouraging men to get checked.
    A PSA test is a simple blood test that may help in the earl detection for prostate cancer.
      Prostate Cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men, and its also very treatable. Over 90 per cent of prostate cancer can be cured, if detected early. The PSA test is a simple tool that can help detect cancer.  
   The Prostate Cancer Centre recommends that men have baseline testing at 40 and should be tested every five years until age 50. After that, the tests should be performed annually. The results are mailed typically within 7-10 days.
     The PSA clinic in Drumheller tested 33 men.


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