Friends of East Wheatland is a group of individuals with a goal set to help support the communities of Hussar, Standard, Rockyford, and Central Bow Valley in the development of their new school.  
    Friends of East Wheatland first formed their volunteer based committee to fund-raise for addition enhancement costs not supported by Provincial funding. All proceeds raised will go towards improving the new school.
    Kim Larson, President of Friends of East Wheatland,  has high hopes for the project.
    “Our personal goal is to raise between 1.3 to 1.5 million dollars,” Larson says. “We’ve applied for a lot of grants, we’ve started working with a lot of corporate businesses for donations, and we have a bunch of fundraisers planned. We’re hoping for two or three hundred thousand dollars with all of [the fund-raisers] that we have on the go right now.”
    Integrating fundamental aspects of education into their goals, Friends of East Wheatland’s vision statement says: “Our work will enhance the facility and programing that reflects our students and their interests while honouring our rural heritage.”
    The money brought in from fundraisers will help support East Wheatland’s vision for the new school.  They would like to provide prospect students with 21st century learning, enabling them to reach not only short term, but their long term goals as well. Partnerships with Olds and Lakeland college are being pursued to help further the new school’s long term reach.    
    Plans for broader programming will give the students an opportunity to explore their individual interests. From the implementation of Home Ec, Drama, Welding, Cosmetology, to a new media room, a fitness center, an agriculture program, and an outdoor classroom, their goals are not limited. Friends of East Wheatland is confident in achieving optimal programming for their students.
    “I think now that they unveiled the sign and everybody knows it’s happening, everyone will be more than happy to pitch in and support through all the communities. I think once they actually see the work starting, we will have an awesome response from everybody,” says Larson, “it’s just been a long time coming.”
    The new school has a projected opening date for September 2016.

    Blink, blink...Are you seeing double? We sure are in Rosebud!
    There are two shows in Rosebud this summer and one actor who is busy performing in both. Joel Stephanson appears as His Nibs at the Opera House in Chickens and transforms into C.S. Lewis for Freud’s Last Session at the BMO Studio Stage.
     Stephanson is a resident company member of Rosebud Theatre who first connected with Rosebud in 2009 when he emailed the Theatre to ask about the blank spaces next to some of the “musician” roles for that summer’s production of Man of La Mancha. That led to him playing bass for the show, and since then he has appeared in several other Rosebud Theatre shows as a musician, actor, or both. As of the fall of 2012, he became a full-time Rosebud resident. 
     When asked about the challenge of being in two shows at the same time, Stephanson says, “Sometimes it’s purely a matter of energy. It gets daunting to gear up for such a drastically different show soon after the first one ends, but the variety can itself be oddly energizing. There are wonderful, supportive people working on each production, which helps a great deal as well. Mostly, I feel lucky to be a part of both.”
    A roller coaster debate ensues when legendary psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, invites famous author, C.S. Lewis to his office in Freud’s Last Session. Expecting a confrontation for his recent satire of Freud, Lewis soon realizes there’s a much more significant agenda in this fictional story. On the day England enters World War II, these two brilliant men address the greatest questions of all time: God, love, sex and the meaning of life...just weeks before Freud takes his own.
    Chickens, tells the story of Pal, a bankrupt farmer with one last chance to save the farm. When he starts investing his hopes in exotic chickens, his wife, Liza, thinks he’s flown the coop! With rowdy roosters running amuck and aging hens looking for love, this musical romantic comedy will have audiences of all ages singing along and rolling in the aisles with laughter!

    Already 231 are signed up for the fifth annual Community Futures Dinosaur Valley Half Marathon event scheduled for September 14, and along with runners, they are looking for volunteers.
    This year the event is celebrating its fifth anniversary and to mark this, they are adding a full 42-kilometre marathon road race.  It takes on all aspects of the varied Drumheller terrain.
    While registration appears strong, organizer Colin Kloot says there are only 16 racers signed up for the full marathon.
    “Those numbers are strong,” he said, adding that the participation in the 5K family walk and run usually picks up towards the end.
    The Community Futures Half Marathon registration is strong with about 130 and counting signed up. Kloot says there is still time for those wishing to train and do their first half marathon to get in shape for that race.
    “It’s not too late to start training, but they should get going,” he said, adding, “when training, listen to your body.”
    The Encana 10k run also sees strong registration, however Kloot expects they could see some dropping out to take on the first Tough Mudder Event in Drumheller coming up on September 6 and 7.
    There is a real need for volunteers to help mark the fifth anniversary of the race. The race is a grassroots effort that in its first four years has raised $53,000 for the Badlands Community Facility.
    Those who are interested in volunteering for the event to fill a variety of roles can contact Becky Kowalchuk at becky.kowalchuk@gov.ab.ca or call 403-820-6202.

Gord Bamford performing at last year’s community concert for the Valleyview 4-H District.

Drumheller 4-H District brought home a community prize in a recent contest admission: a Gord Bamford concert.
    The fifth annual Why 4-H is Great Contest had returned, and the Drumheller District brought its game face. Out of the 51 eligible districts, Drumheller made top ranking, and took first place.
    Carmen Stone is with the 4-H Foundation of Alberta as Manager of Corporate Partnerships. Stone is grateful for the opportunity that the partnership with ATB Financial has brought for their company.
     “It’s opportunities such as the Why 4-H is Great contest and Gord Bamford fundraising concert that allow 4-H members to keep learning by doing.  Members and leaders will be responsible for planning and promoting the concert as well as pushing ticket sales.  This is a continuous learning experience that will provide confidence and life-applicable skills to our members.  Not to mention, this opportunity is a great way to showcase the 4-H organization and raise funds to ensure 4-H remains a strong and vibrant program.   We are very excited to be having this fundraising concert in Drumheller and can’t wait to celebrate all the 4-H District’s hard work!”
     The community will host Gord Bamford, a Canadian country music star and 2010 CCMA Male Vocalist of the Year. Throughout the past four years, the concert had raised over 68,000 dollars collectively for 4-H districts across Alberta.
    Michelle Hoover, a 4-H Alberta member who competes in 4-H’s Beef Program, is looking forward to her district’s prize.
 “We’re really excited to be bringing Gord Bamford to Drumheller. We have a great 4-H district and wonderful communities. This should be an awesome concert!” Hoover says.
     To win, groups must present an audio visual to a panel of judges made up of ATB Financial, Gord Bamford, and 4-H Alberta. Each submission was then judged on their attempts at creativity, uniqueness, and devotion to their Albertan community.
    “It is activities and experiences like these that truly embrace the 4-H spirit and celebrate head, heart, health and hands,” Stone adds.
    The concert will be on Friday, November 21, 2014. Tickets are expected to go on sale mid-August.

The Town of Drumheller has been undertaking active measures on the treated water supply after they received a number of residents complaints on foul tasting and smelling water.
    Chief Administrative Officer Ray Romanetze for the Town issued a statement updating the work the Town has been doing to solve the problem.
    “The town is drawing raw water from the first two cells where the water is fresher and have also increased the potassium permanganate dosage that is used for taste and odour control.
    “Over the last week, we have flushed all areas of Drumheller to change the water over more quickly. We continue to respond to any complaints that come in. We received several complaints yesterday but none today. “
    “We drained the Newcastle tower yesterday and are checking the other towers to detennine if further draining of towers is required. Testing of towers to date has not shown signs of taste and odour. We will also be doing additional strategic flushing in areas where required. This summarizes steps taken to date.”
    Romanetz said that the treated water at Drumheller’s water treatment plant shows no signs of taste and odour at this time.

Drumheller novice boxer Jon Olhauser won his first belt in Grande Prairie, his seventh amateur fight. Olhauser started boxing for fitness,  then moved into competition.

    Last weekend Jon Ohlhauser headed to Grande Prairie in shorts and came home with a pretty big belt to hold them up.
    Ohlhauser won his first belt of his burgeoning boxing career, and with his dedication to the sport, it may not be his last. The matches were part of Grande Prairie’s centennial celebrations.
    “They were also celebrating 100 years of boxing in their community,” explains Ohlhauser. “Willie De Witt was there, and they had eight fights. I won my weight division at 75 kilograms.”
    His interest in the sport came later in life and as a result of supporting his daughter Moriah’s career choice. He explains that her goal is to become an RCMP officer and in working toward this, it was recommend she take up a martial arts or combative sport. She chose kickboxing.
    He wasn’t interested in kickboxing himself, but said he would be interested in boxing for fitness. They found a training gym in Airdrie. That was just over two years ago.
    “After a month, I thought, I was doing all this work, and I am a goal driven person, I’m already in shape, I want to move from fitness to competition,’” he said.
    Since then he has trained and climbed through ropes a few times. The bout in Grande Prairie was his seventh amateur fight, and his second victory.
  At 48, fighting at the amateur level, he is often fighting much younger boxers. In fact the Grande Prairie bout was the first time he had fought someone over 25.
  At the amateur level, he fights under Olympic rules. This means three–three minute rounds. This is more than enough time to wind a boxer to the point of exhaustion. With short matches, there are not many knock outs, but rather lots of strategy.
    “If you trust your coach, he is not going to put you in the ring over your head,” said Ohlhauser.
    “Amateur is about boxing, there may be some 20 year-olds there to impress their girlfriend, but most of the guys in there understand the game is about scoring points, it is not about knockouts.”
  “It is fast, lots of punching, but not huge power. There is more technique, you have to think about how I am going to set the next shot up.”
    He is considered novice because he has had less than 10 fights. After that he moves up to the open division.
    “I like the fact it pushes me, it is a rush to get in the ring. It is just you, and there is no place to hide unless you can get behind the ref,” he laughs.        
    “I’m 48, so at some point I’ll have to put the gloves down, but I don’t feel it. So while I don’t feel it, I might as well see what I can do and go for it.”
    He is not alone. Last spring he went to the community recreation fair to gauge interest in the sport. This resulted in 48 people approaching him interested in doing boxing, either recreationally or for fitness.
    “I got all ages, from kids to adults. I am really playing with the idea that this fall I may open up. I have a facility to do it in, it is just a matter of getting it set up,” he said.

    Drumheller motorists are advised to expect delays crossing the town’s Gordon Taylor Bridge this week.
    From Tuesday August 12 through to Friday, August 15, paving crews are scheduled to work on Highway 9 from 3rd Avenue downtown at the lights to the bridge .
    Motorists should expect delays of up to 30 minutes.
    Speed will be reduced and drivers can expect lane closures down to one lane of alternating traffic.
    If everything works absolutley perfect, paving should be completed this week, said the Town’s Director of Infrastructure Services Allan Kendrick.
    “Hopefully the weather holds, and they’ll be done in a timely fashion.”
    Environment Canada is calling for showers in Drumheller starting Thursday through to the weekend.
      Alberta Transportation advises motorists to obey all flag persons, signs and signals and watch for construction equipment during highway construction.
    Fines for speeding are doubled in construction zones.

Nicole Hiron, 15, was the top junior fundraiser at the 25th anniversary Stars Rumsey Ride last Sunday. She brought in $5,250. She is pictured here with her ride Sheena and the STARS crew.

Riders from age 2 to 86, as well as a pretty cool chopper,  came out for the 25th Annual Ride for STARS last Sunday at the TL Bar Ranch.
    And what a day it was, with 165 riders enjoying the trails.
    “It was way busier than our 20th year,” said an elated Kendra Kiemele, who helped organize the ride. “Usually 120-130 riders would be a good year, but this was just crazy.”
    Typically, the ride will bring in $25,000 in pledges - this year they are looking at in the area of $47,000. This doesn’t include the breakfast, barbecue, and dinner, quilt sale, silent auction or the poker run totals.
 While the numbers are not finalized, they may have exceeded their expectations by having in the area of $60,000 generated from the day.
    This puts their 25 year total at $624,389.
    There was all kinds of fun once you got there, even if you didn’t ride.  Country singer Eli Barsi and Cowboy poet Doris Daley kept participants entertained. The Rumsey Fire Department supplied the breakfast, and Freson Bros. and “Gooch’s Gang” put on a barbecue for the afternoon.
    STARS was onsite selling their memorabilia, including smart looking red bandanas to mark the 25th anniversary.       STARS was even able to come and land its chopper to mark the quarter century of the ride.

    The top fundraiser was Lynn Tanner, who brought in over $11,500, edging out Ernie Goddard who collected over $10,300. Riley Helmer brought in $1,450 for third place. He collected it all in about a week.
    In the junior category, Nicole Hiron, 15, was the top fundraiser, with $5,250. Chase Andersen, 5, raised $4,715, and in third place, Noel Kiemele raised $2,990.
    “There were 11 people who brought in $5,00 or more dollars, and for those 11 people, about 85 per cent of the pledges came from them,” said Kiemele.

    “A lot come and pay the $15 or $20 to ride, but they support the breakfast and help out with the silent auction and buy supper, so everyone contributes a lot. It is incredible support we have had over the 25 years.”

The Drumheller Festival Society holds the annual DinoFest at the World's Largest Dinosaur and is hosting the Tough Mudder event coming in September.

The Drumheller Fesitval Society has received a portion of grant money distributed by the Aberta Government.

The society is one of eight organizations that will share in $431,000 from Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation.

The province is providing the funds to support local groups, "to help boost Alberta’s important tourism industry".

The grant will help stage events over the Tough Mudder weekend September 6 and 7 this year.

Rav Lal will be running in Tough Mudder’s event race September 6 and 7 with his six person team.

The excitement for Tough Mudder is building throughout the Town of Drumheller.
    It may be one of the biggest- and definitely the most extreme- events to hit the Valley, and the residents of Drumheller are welcoming the challenge with open arms.
    Rav Lal is one Drumheller resident who is ready to take on all of Tough Mudder’s 16-20 kilometer, 34 obstacle glory. Running alongside his six person team made up of his wife, Shawna Lal, and friends, Lal will have to face obstacles made up of- but not limited to- mud, ice, fire, and even electric shocks.
    “I wanted to sign up mostly because of the challenge of completing the race, for myself. From seeing all the videos and reading more about it, I’m a combination of excited and nervous, it looks like it’s going to be pretty tough,” Lal says.
    Tough Mudder keeps the actual course that will be run a secret, only disclosing specific need-to-know information about the track. What the participants do know is to expect the unexpected- any of the obstacles on the information site could be used in the course.
    “You know what all the obstacles are, you just have no idea what you’re actually going to see that day,” explains Lal.
    Tough Mudder’s challenging race is now less than a month away, as the set date for the event is September 6 and 7.

The September 6 and 7 Tough Mudder event is gearing up with the arrival of the event construction staff and plans for a downtown festival.
    Bob Cromwell, Event Coordinator with the event hosts, the Drumheller Festival Society, said the course’s early construction crew is getting familiarized with the terrain and the initial course outline.
    “They’re sort of mapping and charting it out, finding what the biggest obstacles are, in and amongst that maze down there,” said Cromwell.
    The course, designed by British Special Forces, starts on the Stampede Grounds and works it way into the valley.
    The Tough Mudder course holds more than twenty challenging obstacles over its 16  - 20 kilometre long stretch.
    Cromwell said that positive comments have been building about the course and where it’s laid out, noting it may be the ultimate Tough Mudder course yet.
    “The Tough Mudder office, head office in Brooklyn, New York, seems to be getting more and more ecstatic about this event,” he notes of the Drumheller Tough Mudder.
    He said that Tough Mudder has indicated attendance numbers are on track for the endurance obstacle course.
    The highest number of participants estimated for the event is around 8,000 people.
    Annette Nielsen, co-owner of CCE Productions, is aiming to entertain those Mudder attendees in Drumheller’s downtown.
    CCE is spearheading the assembly of a downtown festival  to run in conjunction with Tough Mudder.
    Nielsen said the festival is pending liquor licensing approval and the Town’s acceptance of the permit application.
    “We plan on having a festival downtown, with food trucks, merchants, a beer garden, and live bands.”
    The plan-to-date would have the festival start late Friday afternoon, September 5, and then again on Saturday afternoon.
    Nielsen said CCE already has bands and merchants confirmed for the downtown festival, adding they would welcome items made by local artisans.
    The festival will be held on Centre Street from the Napier Theatre on Third Avenue to the firehall on Fourth Avenue, notes Nielsen, adding:
    “The street has no retail on it, so it’s perfect.”

Sandy Lam, pictured, and her husband Gordon have closed the doors to Drumheller's Fred & Barney’s Family Restaurant. The Lams first opened their business in August 1994.

After twenty years in business and too many buffets to count, Drumheller’s Fred & Barney’s Family Restaurant has closed its doors.
    Owners of the building,  where the restaurant is located off Highway 9, didn’t renew any of the tenant leases.
    Lam has nothing but praise for the community and for the  customers who chose Fred & Barney’s as the place to eat  or host an event, and the place to celebrate special milestones such as birthdays and anniversaries. “We’re really missing the customers,” said owner Sandy  Lam.
    She said they’ve had a lot of regular customers who have been coming to the restaurant since her and husband Gordon first opened their doors back in August of 1994.
    Lam adds the gentleman who won their restaurant’s grand opening prize also returned to take part in their final day of business.
    She regrets that staff shortages over their final few days of business meant they weren’t able to offer their popular take-out  service for customers.
    The last three days of business were pretty hectic for them, with husband Gordon being the lone cook in the kitchen.
    However, he has a solid thirty years of experience as a Chinese cook that held him in good stead.
    She said she was really proud of him - he was pretty organized and had some prep-work help, but otherwise handled the cooking himself.
    A lot of the food served at Fred & Barney’s was homemade, Lam said.
    Her three sons, two from Calgary and the third from Drumheller, all came for the restaurant’s final day and they, along with a nephew, were kept busy helping out.
    Lam appreciates the hard work of all the staff over the years, and wanted to give a special mention to Lori Bugdale and Debbie Scarlett for their ten years of service, and  to Rose Harrison, for her sixteen years of service.
    Some of Fred & Barney’s staff have found other jobs, Lam said, and some are taking a rest.
    The restaurant equipment and items are being given away or sold, and Lam is unsure of what she’ll do with all her time after retiring from the restaurant, but in the short term, she’s planning a trip to Hong Kong to visit her Mother.
    Lam said running a restaurant can be very stressful, and she certainly won’t miss the stress.   

An Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals cattle seizure in January 2014 has led to (Robin) Byron Graham facing two charges under the Animal Protection Act. Graham returns to court in September.


    (Robin) Byron Graham appeared in Drumheller court Friday, August 15, facing charges under the Animal Protection Act.
    Graham appeared without a lawyer, and the matter was put over to September 26, to give Graham time to review the Crown’s evidence against him and allow him a chance to speak with legal representation.
    Graham faces charges of causing an animal to be in distress and failure to provide proper care to an animal under Alberta’s Animal Protection Act.
    If found guilty, Graham faces a maximum fine of $20,000 and the possibility of a court order prohibiting  ownership and care of animals for a specified period of time.
    “From our point of view, financial penalties against a person are less important than limiting their ability to care for animals,” Roland Lines, Communications Manager for Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals told The Mail.
    “If we don’t think they’re a person that will provide proper care, then limiting their access to animals is what we’re more interested in as an agency.”
    Lines said the Alberta SPCA laid charges against Graham June 5, 2014.
    The charges stem from an Alberta SPCA cattle seizure on Graham family property in January this year. Over 100 cattle were removed by the animal protection agency.
    The cattle were later returned to the Graham property .
    In the spring of 2011, an RCMP investigation led to Livestock Identification Services and the Alberta SPCA seizure of cattle and horses from Graham property.
     At that time, more than 200 cattle and 148 horses were removed.
    Lines said when the cattle were returned in 2011, Byron  was identified as the person responsible for the cattle, which is why he is facing these charges.
    The original charges in 2011 were laid by RCMP.

The Salvation Army “Stuff the Bus” campaign to collect donations for their food bank runs Thursday,  in the ATB Finanial parking lot. Shown holding food donations are back row: Jerry Machacek, veteran volunteer, second row: (l-r), Sisi Xie, new Community Ministries Worker, Drumheller Salvation Army, and Shannon Wade, Community Partner/campaign organizer. At front (l-r) are volunteer Gary Toft, veteran volunteer, Jenny Scott, ATB Financial volunteer, and Lieutenant Laurie Sauder of Drumheller’s Salvation Army.

Encana matches Stuff the Bus donations $2 per pound for food donated and dollar-for-dollar cash donated, up to $10,000.

Registration is building for the valley’s Community Futures Dinosaur Valley Half Marathon.
    The fifth annual marathon, which runs September 14, has around 400 entrants signed up.
    The half-marathon of 21 kilometres now has 175 registered runners and walkers, and the full 42k marathon has 24 people signed up who want to conquer the course.
    The numbers to date are fairly close for the 5k and the 10k walk and/or run, with the 5k at 103 people registered and the 10k at 100.
    The total number of registrations are up 13.5 per cent over last year, which means 68 more people have signed up for the 2014 event compared to 2013.
    Community Futures has been the main sponsor of this event since it began four years ago.
    In those four years, the sponsorship and the participants have helped the Half Marathon organization contribute $53,000 to Drumheller’s Badlands Community Facility.    
    People interested in participating without running the course could assist as a volunteer for the event by contacting  Becky Kowalchuk at 403-820-620, or email becky.kowalchuk@gov.ab.ca.

RCMP photos show the rural area where they seized and cut down 100 plants Wednesday, August 20.

RCMP investigated a report of a marijuana grow op in a rural area in the Drumheller valley, and found 111 plants Wednesday.

The area searched on August 20 by RCMP included Crown land as well as private property, and police made inquiries of residents living in the area, but made no arrests or charges.

    A Three Hills man facing police charges of sexual assault at the Prairie Bible Institute made his first court appearance August 22.
    Thirty-three year old Renie Gall of Three Hills, presently in custody, appeared via closed-circuit television in Drumheller Provincial Court Friday.
    Drumheller’s Hugh Sommerville, acting for defense counsel Patrick Penny of Red Deer, waived reading of the charges, and asked for the matter to be scheduled in September, at which time Mr. Gall would appear in person.
    Crown prosecutor Ron Pedersen’s request for a publication ban was granted by Judge L.R. Grieve.
    The publication ban applies to the identity of the complainants and witnesses in the case.
    The case returns to Drumheller provincial court September 3 at 9:00 a.m.
    Gall faces charges from allegations of break and enter and sexual assault after the student dormitories of Three Hills’ Prairie Bible Institute were broken into and several students were sexually assaulted in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 17.

Barb Coney, left, and Ossie Sheddy, right, of The Drumheller Mail/InSide Drumheller take on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

A number of The Drumheller Mail staff took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Friday afternoon.

The ALS Society has a goal of reaching three million dollars through its cool fundraiser that has taken off like wildfire over the past few weeks, with people taking part in the challenge posting their videos online.

The Drumheller Mail nominates Drumheller's Re/Max Realty, Hometown Realty, and Century 21 Power Realty to take the Ice Bucket Challenge.

ALS, short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and also known as Lou Gherig's Disease, is a neruo-degenerative disease that claims the life 2 to 3 Canadians every day. ALS presently has no known cure or effective treatment. For every person diagnosed with ALS, a person living with ALS dies. Approximately 2,500 to 3,000 Canadians currently live with this fatal disease.

Jeremy Augart, like many others, took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, but added an intense angle by filling two Bobcats full of ice water in order to raise awareness for the debilitating disease. 

Friday, August 22, at 5:00 p.m. Jeremy (Jiggy) Augart from Drumheller Equipment took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, but added his own extreme twist to it.

Thanks to two Bobcat buckets full of ice water, Augart was completely soaked. On top of completing the challenge, Augart will be donating fifty dollars to the charity.

Augart challenged three other people, including his younger brother, ex-boss from The Last Chance Saloon, and close friend to complete the challenge.

If you know a business or someone who is taking on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and you want it featured, contact The Drumheller Mail at (403) 823-2580 or news@drumhellermail.com
 

(l-r) Royal Canadian Legion #22 Drumheller’s Dianne Lee and President Deb Bolduc display redneck serving trays, while Trevor Gough holds the plungers used in redneck horseshoes and/or ring toss. “Only the finest imported plungers for our event,” said Gough.

Tough Mudder is certainly challenging, but ask yourself - are you tough enough to be a redneck?
    Drumheller’s Trevor Gough is working with the local Royal Canadian Legion branch to bring the “Redneck Games” to town.
    The games, which will be run by Legion members, are planned for Saturday, September 6, to run in conjunction with the Tough Mudder event.
    “It’s pretty much what it sounds like - coveralls and playing games that look pretty ridiculous,” said Gough.
    Gough said redneck games may include, but not be limited to, toilet seats horseshoe toss, dumpster diving, bug zapping, and human foosball.
    The site selected for the games is behind the Badlands Community Facility in the park where the cenotaph used to be.
    Gough said the Farmer’s Market is also working on plans to be down at the park that day, and he’s trying to help interested vendors set up there as well.
    In addition, Drumheller’s Royal Canadian Legion is planning to set up a beer garden there.
    Gough said there will be a small fee to participate in the games, with the fee going to providing redneck prizes.
    “We hope to make it a really fun time for the people that are coming down.”
    Gough said there are redneck games hosted in the United States that caught his interest as a possible festival for Drumheller.