Sundre News

Ray Sharp, from Sundre, was among about a dozen local seniors playing a round of carpet bowling at the Sundre West Country Centre on Thursday, Dec. 3. The centre is a busy place, with a wide range of activities offered such as floor curling, square dancing, pool, crafts and card games like canasta and crib taking place throughout the week. Copies of the monthly calendar featuring the scheduled activities are available at the centre to anyone who's interested.

Colleen Brandsgard's kindergarten students perform I Want to be An Elf during River Valley School's Christmas concert at the school on Thursday, Dec. 17.

Santa stopped by the Sundre Arena on Friday, Dec. 11 for a free family skate.

Sundre High School Scorpions junior basketball player Holly Fisher drives down the court on Thursday, Dec. 17 during a game againt the Olds Koinonia Royals at Sundre High School. The Royals won the game 55 to 22.

A local lawyer recently outlined why council should approve an application to amend the land use bylaw to add the Valley Mobile Home Park as a permitted use in an industrial zone in a flood fringe.

Council recently found itself between a rock and a hard place deciding how to handle an application to amend the land use bylaw to add a number of lots from the Valley Mobile Home Park as a permitted use in a flood fringe industrial district.

In September, when most people haven't even started putting up Halloween decorations, one Sundre-area resident is already busy putting together a Christmas display. "I've been setting it up for years,î said Jackie Forbes.

The Sundre RCMP detachment received 86 calls for service between Nov. 16 and Nov.

The Sundre Pioneer Museum's new manager admits she wasn't altogether keen on learning about the past when she was little.

Although the weather has mostly been mild so far, the cold is never far away when a Canadian winter is around the corner. Four years ago, Sundre resident Shelley Kohut decided to provide an option for people who need a warm winter coat.