Mayor Terry Yemen's blog

Thank you for joining us on February 8th at the Civic Centre when we had the Public Information Session to discuss the potential of relocating Drumheller’s Town Hall to the current location of the Civic Centre, next door to Drumheller’ s central fire hall.

Hello again,

It’s great to see the green, the flowers and the tourists in our area. We are nearly half way through 2011 and it has been a good year!

Hello,
Snow, rain, wind and now mosquitoes!! We should see some relief from the mosquitoes in a week to 10 days. The Town has completed one round of spraying, unfortunately the spray is only effective on larva so we have to suffer through the life cycle of the ones we have now. The life cycle of mosquitoes is apparently around 2 weeks.

April 2011

It is nice to see the weather trying to cooperate in order to bring on the tourism season.

On April 30th and May 1st the town will be buzzing with a lot of activity from the Mining Centennial.

Mayday, May 1st was known as the Miners Day, or Laborers’ Day in Drumheller during the mining years. In Drumheller, the miners’ parade was the main event with hundreds of men marching. Mayday is back to celebrate the Drumheller Valley Mining Centennial. You can view more information at http://www.drumhellermining100.com/

March 2011
We have received excellent response on our Retail/Service survey that was included in your water bill and is available on line. The survey will assist us in future planning and growth. The survey was designed to provide information on what services for retail and industrial could be expanded or brought to Drumheller. The survey will remain open until the end of March. Once the survey is complete we will be able to compile the information to provide economic direction. We want to retain as many shoppers and $$$’s in Drumheller as we can.

February 14 2011
I read in Friday’s Inside Drumheller the Ski Hill’s G.M. has finally decided to do the right thing and return the season pass money he took. I hope it’s done in a timely fashion. He also mentioned that he will “absorb this expense”. So he should, again; he took the money.

February 2 2011
Hello,
Welcome to the Mayors Corner. Each month I will provide you with an overview of events going on in the valley.

We are already in to the second month of 2011 and programs and projects are moving very well in our valley. One of the big events in 2011 is the Miners Centennial. There are many enthusiastic and hard working volunteers that will make this event one of the greatest celebrations in our valley. Thank you to all of the volunteers who are working to make this happen.

In our lifetime there are memorable events that we never forget. The Olympic Flame carried by torch runners in Drumheller will be one of those. This day provides an excellent opportunity for family and friends to demonstrate national and local community pride.

This Olympic’s Torch Run is the longest torch relay in the history of the Olympics. Drumheller and area are most fortunate to have been chosen to celebrate the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron in our community.