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No matter what age, it's never too early or late to put together a ten-year plan for your farm. "Farmers are always busy with their daily and seasonal tasks," says Rick Dehod, farm financial specialist, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

DIDSBURY - The Mountainview Colts are probably hoping they can get a do-over for November. The Colts have now dropped five of six games in the month as they continue to free-fall.

In today's world of economic downturn, people are looking at ways to lower their spending. There is nothing new in that. My grandparents' generation and their parents before them began with nothing and didn't advance much beyond that.

Mountain View County council has passed motion approving 2017 Strings and Keys Funding Committee allocations. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting. The committee provides money to music students.

CARSTAIRS - More than 200 Grade 3 and 4 students performed a song called One Dream during the Remembrance Ceremony at Hugh Sutherland School on Nov. 7.

Mountain View County councillors have discussed a proposal that would see emergency social services and emergency management in the province amalgamated into a single government ministry. The discussion occurred during the Nov.

Come the next provincial election Jason Kenney will be cast as right of Adolf Hitler while Rachel Notley will be portrayed as dimmer than Daffy Duck.

Hundreds of people of all ages took part in Remembrance Day ceremonies across the region, expressing gratitude to the nation's war dead and recognizing past and current serving Canadian Armed Forces members.

Area farmers and ranchers should be encouraged to provide input on how new occupational health and safety rules could impact their operations, according to Duncan Milne, a Mountain View County agricultural service board (ASB) member.

CARSTAIRS/DIDSBURY - A number of farmers from the Carstairs and Didsbury area have helped out with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) again this year.