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Ol’ St. Nick took a break from his hectic “Father Christmas” schedule to shoot a little stick last Saturday, December 19 at Breakfast with Santa. O’Shea’s / The Salvation Army off ered families a breakfast by donation with the jolly one before he headed back to the North Pole. He says his sleigh is nearly packed, and he has a new set of runners on it. (Inset) Santa makes sure he has completed his list by asking two and half year old Jaedyn Peacey what she wants for Christmas.

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Appeal denied... artistic structure deemed Bylaw off encePascale Taylor | inSide Drumheller

On Tuesday, December 8, the Subdivision and Develop-ment Appeal Board (SDAB) reached an unanimous de-cision to deny the appeal fi led by Lawrence Eisler and which was heard on Decem-ber, 1 at Council Chambers, Town Hall. Eisler had fi led the appeal following the refusal of a development permit on the height of a fence-like struc-ture at 436, 3rd Street East, Drumheller. During the ap-peal, Eisler, together with members of the community, explained that he felt this structure was more than a fence and added value to Drumheller. Th e SDAB’s decision was based on the following rea-sons: Th e board considers the structure to be a fence as de-fi ned by the Land Use Bylaw 10.08 which states: “Fence” means a physical barrier con-structed out of typical build-ing material for the purpose of providing privacy or pre-

venting unauthorized access or both. Th e SDAB also agreed that the fence does not comply with the Town’s Land Use Bylaw 10.08 Section 41 (b), which regulates the height of a fence in a residential dis-trict to a maximum height of 1.2 m (4 ft.).

“Obviously I am disappointed with

this decision ... so if I want to say,

well, this historical area of Drumheller

which is really beautiful and should be treasured

is being limited by bylaws that are about

the suburbs, and I think these bylaws should be changed

and there should be relaxation for this area,

where do I go?” Lawrence Eisler

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Th e board also stated that, having considered the opin-ions of the neighbours’ and others’ presentation, the board was of the opinion that

consideration should be giv-en to future landowners, par-ticularly with regard to the encroachments of portions of the fence in to the neigh-bouring side yards. Eisler commented to inSide about the outcome: “obvious-ly I am disappointed with this decision”. Eisler explained he was hoping people involved in the whole process would have looked past bylaws and have considered the contri-bution he was making to the town by beautifying his yard. Eisler expressed his frus-tration that: “the role here of Council and the Community Planning board isn’t to say whether any of this stuff is in the best interest of Drum-heller, it’s only to say whether or not a bylaw has been bro-ken. Well, we know from the beginning I broke a bylaw! So why spend all this time and having these people com-ing in and voicing what they thought was important when it doesn’t matter? It makes no sense.” Eisler also questioned : “so if I want to say, well, this his-

torical area of Drumheller which is really beautiful and should be treasured is be-ing limited by bylaws that are about the suburbs, and I think these bylaws should be changed and there should be relaxation for this area, where do I go?” Eisler was given until April 30, 2010 for the front yard structure to be reduced to 4 ft. high or, alternatively has 30 days from the issue of the order to appeal to the Appel-late Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta. Asked whether Eisler will appeal this decision, he ex-plains: “now it becomes ex-pensive, at the end of the day I am not sure at what point do I keep giving of myself and my time and at what point do I stop? I am leaning towards not doing anything right now as it takes a lot of energy physically and emotionally.” He concluded: “Although I am very disappointed with the outcome, I am incredibly appreciative about the peo-ple that stood up for me, that means a lot to me."

The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board considers this structure at 436 3rd Street East Drumheller a fence, and will

need to meet the regulation 4 ft. height.inSide photo by Pat Kolafa

Across the country, more and more families are em-bracing exercise. As popular as exercise has become over the last decade, many par-ents are still struggling to get their kids or even their spouse to embrace regular exercise. Unfortunately, a jog every two or three weeks or walk-ing into the pizzeria from a car instead of getting delivery doesn’t qualify as meaningful exercise. For parents hoping to get their hubby and kids off the couch and out doing some exercise, the following family-friendly activities could prove just the trick. * Take an exercise-themed road trip. A week on the ski slopes might be too expen-sive, but a day at the slopes can be aff ordable depending on where the nearest moun-tain is. In addition, an activity such as skiing gets the family off the couch while simultane-ously working several muscles and providing adequate car-diovascular exercise. * Take a stroll instead of taking the car. If the weather permits, leave the car in the driveway when heading to the grocery store for an item or two or taking the family to the park. Th is can save gas, provide daily exercise and give families some time to talk and catch up on what’s going on in each other’s lives. * Ride bikes. Few activities are as universally enjoyed as

a good bike ride. Families can incorporate their love of bikes into their daily routines and not only get suffi cient daily exercise but also squeeze in some time doing something they love to do each day. * Shovel snow or rake the leaves. While these are each

seasonal activities, they’re also great exercise and give families a great reason to get off the couch and enjoy the great outdoors. When shov-eling snow, be careful to not overdo it and don’t forget to save some time for a family snowball fi ght.

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Many furry friends turned up at Reality Bytes on Saturday, December 19 to have their picture taken with Santa. Organized as a fundraiser for the Drumheller and District Humane Society, the Pets Pics with Santa Paws event was very successful, Santa held 39 cats and dogs throughout the afternoon, and all were very well behaved. In the pho-to, George is “pawsing” with Santa.

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Full name: Shae Cook.Job: Owner of the Five Blue Heron Emporium.How old are you? 43. How long have you been in Drumheller? About 10 years.Where are you originally from? Kamloops, British Co-lumbia.What do you like about your job? I can do things the way I want to do without having to ask permission.If you were granted three wishes from an angel or ge-nie, what would you want? I would wish that my house in Midland sold, that I could reno-vate my building downtown very easily and be out of debt. What’s your favourite Christmas movie: Th e grinch who stole Christmas.What’s your favourite Christmas food? Liver pate.Will you be making any New Year resolu-tions? No, just continue to have a good time doing what I am doing.Has reading a book ever changed your life? If yes, which one and why? Oh always, particularly Ishmael by Daniel Quinn because of its philosophy around how we can change the world to make it a healthier place environ-mentally.If your life was a song, what would be the title? It’s a wonderful world.Would you rather have the power to be invisible or the power to read minds? I al-ready have the power to read minds! I wouldn’t want to be invisible as people would feel more uncomfortable.

If you were reborn, who would you want to be born as? A humpback whale.If you found $100 what would you do? Actually that happened to me about a year ago. I tried to decide what to do with it, and then I decided to leave it on a window sill in the mall.If you could retire tomorrow, what would you do? I would move to Mexico.If you could travel back in time and meet yourself as a 10 year old kid, what advice would you give to her? Try not to be so hard on herself.If you could be Prime Minister for a day, what would you do? I would give everybody a low interest no down payment mortgage!

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inSideHappeningsNow until December 31, 2009, Drumheller: Artist in Residence: Robert Haines - Monday - Friday 12 pm to 5 pm. at Badlands Gallery.

DAYTIME EVENTS

Showing this week at Napier Theatre, Drumheller: Wednesday, December 23 - Thursday, January 7, 7:30 p.m., Alvin and the Chipmunks. We will be closed December 24 & 25. CLOSED MONDAYS.Saturday, December 26, Rowley: Pizza Nite - 5 to 9 p.m. with Dew Carver entertaining in Sam’s Saloon.Tuesday Evenings, East Coulee: Bingo at 7:30 p.m. Community Hall.

HONEY, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR NEW YEAR’S?Thursday, December 31,2009, Drumheller: Valley Figure Skating Club is proud to present, “The Whiskey Ridge Band” at their New Year's Eve Dance and Casino. At the Barn, cocktails at 8:00 p.m., dance & casino at 9:00 p.m. For more information at 403-823-2002 or 403-820-2538.Thursday, December 31,2009, Rosedale: Outlaws Saloon & Ink Slingers Tattoo presents, “Those Lone Star State All-Stars”, Hurricane Felix and The Southern Twisters with special guest The Ronney Hayward Trio. For more information and tickets, call 403-823-7799.Thursday, December 31, Rumsey: New Year’s Eve Dance at the Community Hall. Midnight Lunch, party favours and HiTech DJ Services. Tickets: $10. Call Tracey 403-334-1242 for info and tickets.Thursday, December 31, Newcastle: New Year’s Eve Bash at the Newcastle Bar. Karaoke, Beef on a Bun, party favours, midnight toast. Get your tickets early - they go fast!Thursday, December 31, Wayne: The place to be on New Year’s Eve!! No cover charge. Windstream Playing 8:30 pm - 1:00 am. Free midnight buf-fet and party favours.

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Retirement presentation at Sunshine Lodge

After 14 years of straight night shift service with the Sunshine Lodge, Joann Telford is retiring in January 2010. During the Pioneer Trail Society choir Christmas concert at the Lodge on Thurs-day, December 17, Joann was thanked for her hard work and presented with gifts. In the picture,

Joann, left, is laughing at one of her presents, an ice scraper, being handed by Marcel Augey, activi-ties coordinator at the Lodge as he explains how this would have come in handy for Joann to remove ice from her car rear window when she fi nished her shifts during winter.

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JOHNSON, Herbert

June 7, 1933- December 18, 2009

Herbert Johnson of Rosedale, Alberta passed away on December 18, 2009.Herb was born in Walsh, Alberta on June 7, 1933. Herbert received his education in Walsh and Irving, Alberta. Following his schooling, he worked a short time in British Columbia in the mines and then returned home to farm with his parents. In 1958 he met and married Gloria Betker. They left the farm and moved to Medicine Hat. In 1964 the family moved to Lyalta, Al-berta where Herb was employed as an elevator manager for Alberta Pa-cifi c Grain and then Federal Grain. In 1972 the family moved to Eckville, Al-berta where Herb worked at the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator. In 1974 Herb be-came employed with the Fire Insurance Company as a fi re inspector and the family moved to Drumheller. Approxi-mately two years later he went to work at the Alberta Government weigh scale. When the Highway Patrol and the weigh scale amalgamated Herb then worked as a special constable with the Highway Patrol until his retirement in 1993. Herb was very talented with wood working and built some beautiful pieces of furniture. He played banjo in a country band, “The Wheatland Old Timers” for many years. He was a man of many talents and had a great sense of humor. He will truly be missed by all. Herbert is survived by his wife Gloria of 51 years; three sons: Darwin (Cathy), Wesley (MaryAnn) and Kevin (Cindy); four grandsons, Barry (Sara), Bradley, Jerad and Jason; two step-grandsons: Jessie Mepham and Lucus Slusharen-ko; one step granddaughter Pam Riley: one great grandson Aedyn Tyler; one step great- granddaughter Avery Lee Ann Riley; his sister Evelyn Jans; two brothers: Leonard Johnson and Au-gust Johnson; sister-in-law Betty and Lawrence Weibe; brother-in-law Wally and Gladys Betker, as well as several nieces and nephews. Herbert was pre-deceased by his parents August and Christina Johnson; his sister Carolyn Bezler and his brothers-in-law Ray-mond Jans and Wilbert Betker. A Me-morial Service was held on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. from Courtney-Winters Funeral Chapel, 199 - 2 Street West, Drumheller, Alberta. If friends desire, Memorial donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

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Sled smart, stay safe Children look forward to snow days for the break from school and the chance to venture out into the snowy white wilderness -- even if that just may mean your own backyard. A popular snow day pastime is to go sledding. What should be an enjoyable day with family and friends could turn into a trip to the doctor if safety precautions are not taken. * Be sure sledders are dressed appropriately for the weather. It doesn't take long for hypother-mia to set in when the weather is cold. Th e combination of sweating from sledding exertion and the cold air could cause hy-pothermia to commence very quickly. Have everyone dress in

layers so they can regulate their body temperature based on the conditions. Avoid cotton clothes, which will soak up moisture from the snow and perspiration. Syn-thetic and wool fabrics will dry quickly and are better insulators from the cold than cotton. * Purchase a safe sled. Plastic sheets, sliding carpets and sau-cers are not good shapes or styles for sleds because they are very diffi cult to control. Choose sleds with aerodynamic shapes, seating areas, places for legs, steerable ropes, etc. Make sure that stop-ping buff ers are covered in soft materials to cushion impact. * Have everyone practice get-ting off the sled in the case of an emergency. It's much safer to de-

stroy the sled than have an indi-vidual end up in the emergency room. Rolling off of an out-of-control sled can prevent serious injuries. * Know the terrain in advance. It's easy to misjudge the slope and depth of terrain when it's covered with snow. Also, snow may be covering hidden dangers. Scope out areas where sledding will occur so you know what you'll be dealing with. Make sure sled-ders won't collide with stationery objects or be put into the line of danger and slide into a roadway. * Consider wearing helmets while sledding. Th is simple piece of safety equipment can prevent serious head injuries should a collision or fall occur.

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Th e Dragons pulled up their socks for December, and while they haven’t quite been playing .500 hockey, there were some bright spots. Th e Dragons went on a Northern Alberta road trip earlier in the month and nearly came home with four points. At home last weekend they had some trouble with the number one team in the league, as well as perennial foe the Okotoks Oilers. On December 11, the Drag-ons took on the St. Albert Steel. Th e Steel scored fi rst on the powerplay, but a goal by Brey-den DeCock 10 minutes in tied the game. Th e Steel tied it up in the second, but a powerplay goal from Mike Marianchuk, and then an even handed goal from Marcus Toye put the Dragons up 3-2. Toye scored his second in the third period, but the Steel tied it before regulation time ended, forcing overtime. Th e teams each had three shots as they continued into the second overtime period, but Geddes scored on a penalty shot to win the game. “I thought we responded re-ally well to the goals against. We were great on the attack and

our special teams were good, and off ensively we were really strong that game,” said coach Dan Price. “St. Albert has a po-tent off ense themselves. Th ere were time they got good looks at our goal and created some of-fense, but each time they scored we responded very well with a goal of our own.” Th e next night, Saturday De-cember 12, they were in Fort McMurray to play the Oil Bar-ons, another strong northern team. After a scoreless fi rst period, Sam Lawson scored 10 min-utes in, on the powerplay. Kyle Knelsen followed it up a minute later putting the Dragons up 2-0. With four minutes left in the second period, the Oil Barons made it onto the score board. Th e game was tied fi ve min-utes into the fi nal period, and then 13 minutes in, the Oil Bar-ons went ahead. “We thought we were the bet-ter team in the fi rst and second period,” said Price. After the Oil Barons were up by one with a tricky bounce through traffi c, the Dragons pulled their net minder. “We pressed and had a really good chance in front of the net with about 30 seconds left, and it just bounced over one of our

player’s sticks, and they went down and scored on the empty net,” said Price. Th e northern trip allowed the team to get a look at its most re-cent addition between the goal posts. Dylan Tait, 18, of Leth-bridge now wears a Dragons jersey. “He comes highly recom-mended by coaches… and all his coaches all say the same thing: "Very good kid, very competi-tive and an excellent goalie, very athletic. He’s competitive in the crease and covers the low part of the net well," said Price. “He has done all those things for us. He is tremendously competitive in practice. He works very hard and wants to get better. He had a great road trip for us. He won the game for us in St. Albert and almost got it done in Fort Mc-Murray as well.” Last Friday, December 18 it was Andy Williams that got the start for the Dragons in net as they hosted the Spruce Grove Saints. It was an emotional start with 24 minutes of penalties dolled in the fi rst four minutes

alone. Th e Saints, who have an incredible 34-3 record, made short work of the Dragons winning 4-0. Th e Dragons were without Geddes in the loss. He was back however Satur-day night to play the Okotoks Oilers, and scored the fi rst Dragons goal with eight minutes left in the sec-ond. Th e Dragons only other look on Saturday was from Dylan Schel-lenberg who scored with three minute remaining. Th is was the Drum-heller native’s third of the season. Th e Okotoks Oilers won 5-2. On Tuesday night, December 22 the Dragons fi n-ished up the year with a 8-1 loss Okotoks Oil-ers.


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Kiss of luck wins Chamber's grand prizePatrick Kolafa | inSide Drumheller

Th e results are in and lo-cal shopper Nancy Kiss won the Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas giveaway. Th is year the chamber’s annual Christmas contest, where local shoppers enter to win weekly prizes from area merchants, and then are en-tered in a grand prize draw for $1,000 dinosaur dollars, con-cluded on December 19. Th is year the contest also awarded 10 runner up prizes for $100 dinosaur dollars. Kiss told inSide Drumhell-er, December was always her lucky month an in fact the win came close to her birth-day. While some have con-cluded she must have entered the contest a great number of times to win, she said she simply shopped as she would regularly, and entered when-ever she would get the chance. While she has no immedi-ate plans for her winnings, she says there are few things she needs at the Brick.

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Nancy Kiss was the winner of the Drumheller and District’s Chamber of Commerce Christmas Giveaway, and won $1,000 dinosaur dollars just by shopping locally.

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Relax Lucille, lunch is on usinSide Drumheller had a impressive number of entries for its Lunch is on Us contest. Lucille Ector, left, was the grand prize winner, and she won a $50 gift certifi cate to be used at any of the participating advertisers including Boston Pizza, Stavros, Vintage Pub and Grill, Yavis Family Restaurant or O’Shea’s Eatery and Ale House. Above, Ector accepts the gift certifi cate for Vintage Pub and Grill from Doneal Kasie of inSide Drumheller.

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