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Dozens of musicians and performers are set to play at the Magnificent River Rats Festival in Athabasca June 30 and July 1. The two-day music festival along the Athabasca River will feature both local acts and performers from across the country.

A group of Athabascan artists is displaying local art and history with their fourth annual Art Show and Sale June 30 and July 1.

It was a nice day to walk along the newly-renovated Amisk Leppanen Trail located adjacent to Amisk Lake about 10 kilometres east of Boyle.

Masen Scarnati raised enough money to fill 100 bags with basic necessities which he delivered to Edmonton’s homeless at Hope Mission Aug. 17. He was greeted with thankful smiles, as some had recognized him after a similar trip earlier in the summer.

Dave Pape brought with him a home-built miniature jet engine, which he fired up for the crowd of 20 people on the tractor museum Aug. 31.

Chris Zwick – Leader Staff Some say the King of Rock n’ Roll is not dead.

It’s getting to be that time of year again and as sure as Labour Day falls on the first Monday as September, so to does Westlock’s annual Community Showcase Night on the following Wednesday.

Wynton Brandl was born to be a cattleman, plain and simple.

It started with a bit of friendly bravado between three friends. On a Friday night at the Fort Assiniboine Legion, three friends Zac Marcellus, Tyler Thompson and Dausen Kluin, went for a night of chicken wings and socializing.

“Every community, large or small, needs volunteers. They are the people that make the difference,” wrote long-time Westlock resident Donna Keller in a letter to the editor published by the News June 6, 2011.