Sundre News

A Sundre area motorist who inadvertently ditched a black Jeep Grand Cherokee in the Bearberry Creek last week escaped lightly bruised and stunned but otherwise unharmed, according to police.

Elected officials approved an accumulative expense of almost $13,000 last week for technological upgrades to improve staff efficiencies and productivity.

Your family physician might not agree, but Sundre centenarian John Whitesell Sr. says he knows the secret to long life ó chewing tobacco.

Sundre RCMP are seeking information regarding a break and enter to a rural residence that resulted in the theft of firearms and other property. The theft occurred on Friday, March 3 between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. at a rural property west of Sundre on Twp.

Removing barriers to make literature accessible to everyone in the community as much as possible is among the Sundre Municipal Library's primary objectives.

The Sundre Municipal Library's Wiggles and Giggles program introduces toddlers to word play through a fun, interactive reading and rhyming session that includes parental participation, said the coordinator.

A high-stakes misadventure for a mischievous Sundre feline that found itself stuck precariously perched atop a power pole last week turned out to be a fairly speedy, safe and well-executed rescue.

Sundre's new interim chief administrative officer aims to put his 30-plus years of experience to help steer the municipality forward. Al Harvey assumed his temporary role as the municipality's top administrator on Monday, March 13.

Sundre resident Lyle Gorsline was setting up a chair with a fishing rod and was about to take a photo when someone crossing Main Avenue at Third Street offered to take his picture on Wednesday, March 22. Gorsline, who also sent this image to local officials, told the Round Up he was later jokingly informed by friends and neighbours that his favourite fishing pothole had become a small lake as snow continues to melt.

Anna Steiner, 9, who lives south of Sundre, was among about a dozen youths who participated in an educational activity last month that introduced children to DNA by making a helix out of candy at the Sundre Municipal Library.