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Mountain View County has entered into a new five-year operating and occupancy agreement with the Olds Didsbury Flying Association (ODFA). The move was approved during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

The new Municipal Agriculture Disaster Declaration Guide being developed by Alberta's rural municipalities should be a useful tool for communities dealing with future flooding and other emergencies, say officials.

A number of agricultural producers submitted claims following intense weather over the Canada Day long weekend, when certain parts of the province were affected by strong winds, heavy hailstorms and even funnel clouds.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a development application for unserviced RV campsites at a golf course between Olds and Sundre. The approval came during the commission's recent July 7 regularly scheduled meeting.

More than 450 people have attended a charity fundraising event at the Madden Hall in support of an injured neighbour and friend. Jeff Fenton, 53, was seriously hurt in a fall from scaffolding on March 31 on a property in the Dogpound-Cremona area.

Seven farms and other operations in Mountain View and Red Deer counties will be taking part in the fourth annual Alberta Open Farm Days agriculture and tourism promotion event next month, officials announced last week. Scheduled for Aug.

The number of entries and spectators at the Olds Regional Exhibition's (ORE) annual Central Alberta Draft Horse Classic halter and hitch show were about on par with previous years, according to ORE event manager Tracy Gardner.

Wild boars may soon be a thing of the past if Red Deer County gets its way. The county recently introduced a motion to create a bylaw to ban the animals from the municipality.

The Cremona & District Ag Society is asking Mountain View County to contribute $500,000 towards a $1.2-million project to upgrade the Cremona Arena.

Mountain View County's policies and priorities committee has received and reviewed a report on potential flood resiliency projects that could be funded with money left over from the Flood Recovery Erosion Control (FREC) program.