Sundre News

Jamie Moffat works on his painting during a Fun with Acrylics session put on by the Sundre Arts Society and held at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church on Saturday, March 12.

Verna McFadden laughs while playing canasta at the West Country Centre on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

Linda Martin leads some students in a Tai Chi class at the West Country Centre on Monday, Feb. 8.

Members of the Sundre High School Drama Club run through the opening scene of the group's upcoming production of "In the Heights" at the Sundre Arts Centre during a rehearsal on Thursday, Mar. 3. The play, which is scheduled for several performances later this month, is a modern musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and is described as having a distinctly Latin/urban flavour.

Angela Hasselmann practises Qigong, which is an ancient Chinese exercise that combines physical postures, breathing techniques and meditation, during a class led by Linda Martin at the West Country Centre on Monday, Feb. 8.

A group of performers from Oregon called Rainbow Dance Theatre entertained River Valley School students and staff on Tuesday, March 1 while also providing some historical perspective on their songs and dances. Here, Darryl Thomas, a professor of dance at Western Oregon University where he teaches composition, jazz dance, contemporary partnering and modern technique, gets into a dance while students watch.

All the residents of a municipality might not need a daycare, but that doesn't make the service any less vital to the overall community, says the vice-president of the Sundre Daycare Centre's board of directors.

The Sundre RCMP detachment received 72 calls for service from Feb. 16 to Feb.