Liberal leader Kevin Taft gave the Drum-Stettler riding its' first mention of the campaign in a talk to supporters at his campaign headquarters in Edmonton-Riverview.  The Edmonton Sun quoted Taft as saying "In our view, the New Democrats are almost irrelevant.  They finished fifth in Calgary-Elbow, they finished seventh in Drumheller-Stettler. Their base is a handful of four constituencies in Edmonton and they'll be lucky to hang on to those by the time we're done."

The head in the badlands near Cypress Hills: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands_Guardian

If you look in the same general area, there are a lot of other faces and unusual shapes.

Hmmm, the coyote and gopher have a lot of traction, as would the snowy owl, whitetail deer, and moose.  Tough one to call.  Maybe the horse (in Alberta) because it could represent both domestic and wild animals in one mascot?

Bah Ram Ewe.

Actually, this is what we have found out to date:

PC - Jack Hayden (incumbent)
Liberal - Tom Dooley
Wildrose Alliance - Dave France
NDP - Richard Bough
Green Party - no word yet on who the candidate will be
Social Credit - no word yet on who the candidate will be, but the phone number for the constituency association on the website has been assigned to a new customer.  We've been unable to confirm the party's status in the riding for the 2008 election at this time.

The Big Valley Rusty Spurs 4H Club will be holding a public speaking competition for 4H members on March 1 at 10 a,m, at the Big Valley School.

The Pilot Knob Social Centre will be holding its' Annual General Meeting on February 20th at 7:30 p.m. at the Board of Trade Building (by the West Stettler Mall).  Plans for the upcoming year will be discussed.

The Swingin' Sisters Club will be performing at the Stettler Performing Arts Centre at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 10th as part of the Stettler Variety Showcase Association's 2008 season.  $20 tickets for the matinee ONLY are available at Pfeiffer's House of Music or by calling Carol at 742-3724.

Here are pics of a coyote and gopher:

These are the candidates, in no particular order, as far as I can tell at this point:

LIB   Tom Dooley

NDP  Richard Bough

PC    Jack Hayden  (incumbent)

GRN  Jennifer Wigmore

Anyone But Conservative is what I say. 

Does anyone know who, if anyone, is running for the Green Party in this riding?