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Some rural restaurant and bar owners in the county of Mountain View are upset they had no chance to provide input into the province's controversial impaired driving legislation, Bill 26.

The owner of one of the largest gravel pit operations in Mountain View County decided to retire from the business last month ñ and one of the reasons was the increasing amount of fees and paperwork imposed on him by the county.

The Chinook's Edge School Division is currently on budget in most categories through the first quarter of the fiscal year, trustees heard on Wednesday at their regular meeting.

The Red Deer County fee bylaw for 2012 received first reading last week but prompted a request for a workshop after councillors questioned some of the changes that would occur in transfer site fees.

Last week's article, Councillors opt to defer final budget until spring, was interesting for a few reasons.

Mountain View County council adopted a new fee schedule last week that raised the price of gravel to bring it more in line with private industry and also tripled the fees for rig inspections.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Richard Marz stepped out of the party line last week, announcing to the legislature that he would not support the province's controversial impaired driving legislation, Bill 26.

When Monika Hoegger moved with her family to a rural acreage in Bergen, she decided to keep some animals on the property. While neighbours raised cows and horses, she decided to choose an alternative livestock: reindeer.

Mountain View County council last week adopted an $18.5-million interim operating and capital budget for 2012.

Progressive Conservative MLA Ty Lund says if he wins his party's nomination in the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre constituency he plans to run the next provincial election campaign on a combination of his past record and his future plans.