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When 100-year-old farmer Bill Scarrott first moved to the Eagle Hill area in Mountain View County in 1929 it was almost nothing but bush. There were no paved roads, no gravel roads, just trails. The land had to be worked using horses.

A review of Mountain View County's land-use bylaw now underway will hopefully lead to a more user-friendly updated version of the legislation, says Reeve Bruce Beattie. “I think it is going well,” said Beattie.

With a potential new building project on the horizon for the Olds area, Habitat for Humanity's Mountain View chapter is putting the call out for volunteers.

Mountain View County's remuneration committee has made a number of recommendations regarding councillor compensation. The committee, appointed by county council, is made up of Donna McArthur, Lorne Unger and William Stevenson.

Campers looking to enjoy the great outdoors in the Sundre area can look forward to the use of the Westward Ho Campground for at least another four-and-a-half years.

A multi-stakeholder tabletop mock exercise conducted April 18 at the Mountain View County office and in Cremona was a success, councillors heard last week.

By Dan Singleton MVP Staff The Mountain View County municipal planning commission (MPC) has rejected a development permit application by West Can Seal Coating Inc. for a proposed gravel pit southwest of Sundre.

Mountain View County Reeve Bruce Beattie says he will seek re-election in the October municipal election.

Tri-Community Transit (TCT) officials have been working hard to make Mountain View County and area residents aware of the services that the organization offers.

The cold morning wind whips across this mostly bare 3,000-acre stretch of land about 12 miles east of Olds. Just a few buildings jut out from a landscape in the midst of recovering from winter's deep freeze.