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A Calgary community group will receive a 33 per cent reduction in its 2012 property tax bill for a leased campground in Water Valley, Mountain View County council decided last week.

Mountain View County has set March 12 to June 5 as the fixed annual dates for road bans.

Mountain View County will continue to be a member of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance for at least another year in the hopes it can change the advisory body from within, council decided last week.

Heavy rains and high water prompted evacuation alerts west of Sundre and washed out sections of two range roads in Water Valley last Wednesday, causing added delays for traffic already impeded by the loss of Big Prairie Bridge.

Mountain View County council last week turned down a request for a major increase in its funding to STARS Air Ambulance.

Rural Alberta Motorcycle Ride for Dad chairman Dean Harper invites area residents to participate in the charity motorcycle ride, which will take place on June 23 this year.

Council heard “loud and clear” that placing a moratorium on subdividing bare first parcels is not what people in Red Deer County want.

Recent Sundre graduates of a new program designed to give students tools to help classmates cope with stresses of high school life say other schools and other students would certainly benefit from participation.

Sundre RCMP and Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (AESRD) officials are hoping that an enhanced police patrol program this summer will help more visitors to the West Country get the message that they need to clean up after them

The tender to construct the Bowden to Olds section of the new wastewater and water lines was recently awarded.