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The long summer break was always awaited with anticipation. We longed for lazy, sleepy days of downtime.

Mountain View County councillors will soon be meeting with Alberta Minister of Transportation Brian Mason to discuss a number of outstanding issues, including the county's request for the provincial Code of Practice for Asphalt Plants to be reviewed,

CARSTAIRS - A project to bring the history of Carstairs and the area to print for Canada's 150th is in danger of being cancelled due to a lack of submissions.

DIDSBURY - It was a very good week for Didsbury swimmer Wesley Wilks at the Canada Summer Games last week in Winnipeg. Wilks took home three silvers and a bronze in Special Olympics male swimming.

DIDSBURY - The Copperview Landing area structure plan amendment and land use redesignation both passed final reading at a special council meeting held on Aug. 3.

The memories of growing up in the old farmhouse are like a storehouse; I root around and come up with something else to ponder. The ever ready, ever needed mending basket was a given in a rural household.

MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - There is a solar eclipse coming to North America on Aug. 21. In parts of the United States, the eclipse will be total, while in Central Alberta, residents will be able to see a partial eclipse.

If the United Conservative Party wants to be the alternative to the NDP government, there is no better starting point than health-care policy. Health-care spending - $21.

There's more than a touch of irony at play when a party which swept to power on a wave of "anyone but those Tories" is now desperately trailing these newly-rebranded Conservatives in the public's affection because of an oh-so-similar response - that

Mountain View County council has given first reading to a land use bylaw amendment to add provisions for alternative and renewable energy. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.