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A benefit fundraiser is being held this weekend for the Mountain View County family who lost their rural home in a wind-aided fire on Sept. 2.ìThe family is overloaded right now.

Residents in the Coal Camp area, 50 kilometres west of Sundre along the Red Deer River, have the opportunity to learn the best method to reduce wildfire risk at a provincial government sponsored open house in Sundre this Thursday, Sept. 15.

In the rugged world of bull riding, Sonja Pfeiffer is a rare breed.Last summer, the Cremona-area woman became the first female bull rider in Foothills Cowboy Association history, making her debut at the Water Valley Stampede.

The Western Baptist Church will be forced to close its campground in Mountain View County after losing its tax exemption on the property, a Calgary pastor told council's policies and priorities committee on Aug. 24.

Another Mountain View County planner has resigned.Candace Banack, who has worked in planning and development services for about two years, left last week to take a position with the Town of Cochrane.

As students return to the vocation of learning, officials from Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73 are anticipating a small decrease in this year's enrolment compared to last year's numbers.

This year's Canadian Derby champion was developed on a property in Mountain View County.Freedoms Traveller rocketed to a come-from-behind win at the high profile horse race in Edmonton Aug. 20.

The founder of the Bergen Rocks International Sculpture Symposium said this year's edition was a tremendous success, even though it saw a slight drop in attendance over previous years.

Markerville's Paula Anderson is a businesswoman who draws her inspiration from what she sees as pure, honest and real.She owns a store in Red Deer called Wicked Green.

A review of Mountain View County's two largest departments found staff were ìgenerally following darn good practicesî but were working under ìsome anxietyî due to uncertainty and constant change, said the consultant in charge of the reviews.