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Mountain View County has allocated $10,000 to the Olds and District Hospice Society to help the group develop a hospice program for the area.

The organizers behind Carstairs' annual grassroots music bash have released its roster of artists for this year's show.The 2011 edition of the Mountain View Music Fest is set for Aug. 5-7.

Mountain View County will argue this week that there are no grounds for the Municipal Government Board to hear the appeal for the defeated Elsner subdivision southeast of Sundre.

The 106th Dogpound Stampede drew a packed audience and more than 100 participants to the grounds for the one-day event last Wednesday.

For the second time, Mountain View County's municipal planning commission has deferred the development permit applications by CCI Wireless Inc. for telecommunication towers in the Reed Ranch, Eagle Hill and Bearberry areas.

A plan to subdivide and re-designate about 130 hectares of agricultural land for a proposed 46-lot country-residential subdivision north of Delburne was soundly rejected by Red Deer County Council last week.

The second annual sustainable living fair will be held Aug. 6 and 7 at The Blooming Fields.The fair is part of the Summer Country Drive, a self-guided driving tour of about 25 destinations in the area that showcase rural living in Alberta.

A former Sundre licensed practical nurse who stole more than $41,000 while treasurer of the hospital's staff club should have been sentenced to jail instead of receiving house arrest, the Alberta Court of Appeal said last week.

For many people Blaine and Leona Staples had it all ñ great education and excellent jobs as managers of the Goldeye Center in Nordegg.

It's the ninetieth year the Mullen family farm has been in operation and the first year it was recognized for the Farm Family award.