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St. Anthony’s host pilgrimage to Passion Play

St. Anthony’s Parish in Drumheller is hosting the Drumheller Passion Pilgrimage and has invited everyone to a special event on July 20. At 10 a.m. there will be a mass at the Passion Play Amphitheatre said by Bishop Henry, followed by a barbecue and then the production of the Canadian Badlands Passion Play.

Catholics from across the province will be coming to Drumheller this summer for a special event at the Passion Play site.
   St. Anthony’s Parish in Drumheller is hosting the Drumheller Passion Pilgrimage and is inviting members of the Calgary Diocese to the Passion Play for mass, a picnic and then the famous production of the Canadian Badlands Passion Play. Bishop Fred Henry will be leading mass.
   “It is going to be a great time, we are looking forward to it,” said Deacon Gary Haney, of St. Anthony’s Parish who is organizing the event.
   “It is hosted by St. Anthony’s in Drumheller and we just decided we needed to do something for the community to bring people together. There is local community at the parish, then there is the diocese and there is the world community, everyone outside the actual church because we invite everybody.”
   “You don’t have to be Catholic to come to mass. If you ever want to see what one is like it will be at the Passion Play site.”
   He said the local Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Women’s League will be helping out during the event with the picnic barbecue. The youth group is also helping out. Deacon Haney said the Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle is offering childcare during the play.
   “The Passion Play has been well involved with us too,” said Haney.
   The Drumheller Passion Pilgrimage is on Sunday, July 20. Mass is at 10 a.m. Following mass there will be a barbecue picnic at the tent area north of the amphitheatre. A free will offering is taken.
   During the picnic there will be a shuttle bus that will take those who wish, to St. Anthony’s Church to visit The Man of the Shroud exhibit, with a full sized replica of the Shroud of Turin, as well as other artifacts.
     After that the Passion Play takes to the stage at 3 p.m.
   So far he says it looks like there will be a good crowd for the event.
   “It looks like a lot of people are coming in. Many have bought tickets directly through us, we have a special group area in the Passion Play for this. We have also had people out selling tickets at parishes,” he said.
   The last time Bishop Henry was in Drumheller was for the opening and blessing of the new St. Anthony’s school.

The Dominator3 brings Storm Chasers to Drumheller area

The TVNWeather.com "SRV Dominator", one of its armoured tornado chasing vehicles, was in Drumheller Thursday afternoon with the area under a Tornado Watch from the afternoon into the early evening. The company was tracking the storm system moving through the prairies that caused Environment Canada to issue severe thunderstorm and tornado alerts.

TVNWeather.com provides live stream video of severe storms and tornados from its assembly of storm chasers located across the U.S., Canada, and parts of Europe. TVN is home of the series "Tornado Chasers" featuring Reed Timmer, who bills himself "Meteorologist and Extreme Storm Chaser" on his facebook posts. TVN was part of the Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers" series from season two through to the show's final fifth season. A number of the group's tornado chasers are focused on and located in the U.S. Midwest and its infamous Tornado Alley.

Motorists ignore radar speed sign

The radar speed sign sits outside of McConkey Park as a warning to drivers to slow down to thirty kilometers per hour while passing through the playground zone.

After an investigation that took place by the radar speed sign near McConkey park yielded surprising results, one answer is clear: when it comes to speed, drivers are bending the rules.
Wednesday, July 9, between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., an inSide Drumheller stakeout was placed near McConkey Park. With the car parked and a watchful eye on the radar speed sign, an alarming amount of the eighty-one drivers drove through the playground’s thirty zone with no regards for the posted speed limit.
Fifty-nine per cent of drivers passed through the 30 km/h zone speeding, and of those speeders, fifty-seven per cent were going up to 10 km/h over the speed limit.

Below is a breakdown of the 81 vehicles inSide Drumheller observed passing the radar speed sign located at McConkey Park, heading west on Wednesday, July 9 between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The playground zone, and speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour is clearly posted.

33 drivers were going at/ or under the posted limit
19 drivers were going between 1 and 5 km/hr over the posted limit
12 drivers were going between 6 and 10 km/hr over the posted limit
17 drivers were going 11 + km/hr over the posted limit

59% of observed drivers were going above the posted speed limit.

   Constable Eric Doucette is a traffic control officer with the Drumheller RCMP and urges drivers to educate themselves on the rules associated with playgrounds.
   “We’ve had the sign up for about three weeks now,” Doucette says. “Playground zones are in effect from 8:30 a.m. until a half hour after dusk. When we write a ticket, and you’re doing 50 in a 30 zone with children in the park, there’s going to be no breaks.”
   Speeding tickets for a playground zone will vary. Fines are determined by how fast a vehicle is travelling. License demerit deductions will vary from 3-6 demerits taken off.

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