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Gordon Thomas has been a volunteer with the FCSS Community Volunteer Income Tax Program for 20 years, and his now retiring. After 20 years of filing 8,200 income tax documents as a volunteer, Gordon Thomas is putting his calculator down.

The Barrhead and Agricultural Society has done everything it could to ensure Blue Heron Fair Days has something for all age groups.

The Blue Heron Fair is going to the dogs. At least it will be for the six shows when President Choice Superdogs perform their Bow Wow Factor show on Aug. 10 and 11 at 1, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. at the Barrhead Sportsgrounds main baseball diamond.

The Barrhead and District Agricultural Society has gone to great effort to make sure this year’s annual Blue Heron Fair Days has something for everyone, but president Randy Schmidt said at the heart of the event is the rodeo.

At the horseshoe pits behind Jarvie Community Hall, Marg Wintonyk sets up her throw for a ringer. Behind her, people had already gathered for the lawnmower races, all part of the July 27 Jarvie Days celebrations.

While R.F. Staples School students will not be allowed to bring their cellphones into the classroom this fall, across town at St. Mary School, that decision will still be left up to individual teachers.

Athabasca’s Alice B. Donahue Library was a bit more magical than usual July 26, as magician Steve Harmer made bunnies appear and spread messages of kindness to attentive boys and girls.

Sometimes it’s the smell of freshly baked bread that transports a person back in time, or sometimes it’s an old saying you haven’t heard since your childhood, and sometimes it’s a song.

Westlock County protective services manager John Biro received the provincial Fire Services Exemplary Services Medal July 16 in recognition of his work with PTSD among volunteer fire fighters.

“It was an honour and a privilege,” said Westlock County resident Beth Thola, who recently paraded her team of Norwegian Fjord horses at the Calgary Stampede.