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DIDSBURY - One of the most popular events in the area returns to Didsbury next month. Days of Yore, the two-day historical re-enactment festival returns on Aug. 3 and 4 to Rosebud Park.

They were working with wool and specially shaped needles. But instructor Lois McDonald-Layden says the students in her Felted Landscape and Birds class were not sculpting. They were painting.

Anyone who has been itching to get behind the wheel of a Polaris Slingshot — described by the manufacturer as a three-wheeled motorcycle — will get a chance to do just that this weekend.

Creative juices will be flowing freely for all to see at the Sundre Community Centre this weekend.

Sundre and surrounding area youth recently had an opportunity to learn and practise how to drum up a beat during the Jamani Hands-On Summer Drumming Camp, which was hosted at the community centre earlier this month.

CARSTAIRS - Despite some dark clouds and a little bit of rain, the Carstairs Beef and Barley Days was as popular as ever. It did not, in fact, rain on their parade.

INNISFAIL - History's most famous detective team got more than they bargained for when they jumped into a time machine to hide from an angry landlord.

Teens are invited to participate in the Olds Municipal Library's Summer Youth Photo Challenge. The photo challenge is open to teens from grades 7-12. Teens who are leaving Grade 12 are also welcome to participate. Submissions can be made until Aug.