Sundre News

Having been raised around the rodeo lifestyle, Jayden Calvert has over the years developed a passion to promote the sport and ensure the Western tradition endures. She is one of the three contestants running for the 2018-19 Miss Rodeo Sundre title.

Some pleasant changes have been occurring at the Sundre Aquaplex. Real Turgeon, president of the Sundre and District Aquatic Society’s board, admits that around four years ago, the complex was in dire straits.

Jasmine Dahl candidly admits not having been raised in a rodeo family, but that getting involved in a 4-H Club nevertheless introduced her to the lifestyle that she now hopes to promote.

Council carried a couple of motions last week in support of the upcoming Sundre Pro Rodeo.

The Main Avenue roundabout pilot project learning curve is ongoing, but council heard last week that motorists are for the most part slowly but surely getting accustomed to navigating the new traffic calming measures.

Sharon Jackson’s milestone 50th anniversary of service with Canada Post delivering mail to rural residents in the Bearberry and Bergen areas was recognized on Saturday, April 7 during a get-together at the Sundre West Country Centre, where friends an

Jaden Simington gets a lift from her fellow Studio K Dance Gallery members during their performance of Until We Go Down at the Sparkle Dance Festival at the TransCanada Theatre in Olds on April 14.

Mary Hertz, who this past year moved northwest of Sundre with her husband Rick, enjoys the opportunity to play some pickleball on the morning of Thursday, April 12. “I love it,” said Rick, adding, “We’ll just keep coming as long as we can.

Following a defeated motion to reduce the 2018 residential and commercial mill rate increase, council last week narrowly approved the three per cent hike.

Provided everything comes together as planned, volunteer members of the fledgling Sundre Citizens on Patrol Association (SCOPA) are set to begin community surveillance this spring. Sgt.