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A new set of elected members for the Athabasca District Chamber of Commerce was decided last Wednesday night at their annual general meeting.

Repairs and renovations at the Westlock Legion are just about complete, which means the facility will be back at full capacity in short order. The work was necessary after the building suffered two minor disasters in the second half of last year.

Two Westlock-area businesses were singled out as the best at what they do at the 2012 GROWTH Alberta Business Excellence Awards Gala on Jan. 26 at the Westlock and District Community Hall.

Results of a 2011 Search Institute survey have spurred the Athabasca Interact Club at Edwin Parr Composite to look for ways to better prepare students for life after high school.

Town residents were unaware of a trailer storage bylaw until it was amended in November. The amendment made by councillor Tim Verhaeghe was to allow residents an extra month to store their trailers at home.

Two members of the Athabasca community have been recognized with Diamond Jubilee medals.

The Boyle Youth Centre is in danger of closing unless some volunteers come forward. The centreís Gina Graham stated their president is stepping down, and they have been without a secretary since last June.

The annual Hazel Bluff dinner theatre event is just around the corner, with the group revisiting an old classic this year. Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue Meet the Dirty Dan Gang will run from Feb.

If you want to see some of the top names in music performing some of the most memorable songs from the last 30 years right here in Westlock, you’re out of luck. Fortunately, a performance at the Cultural Arts Theatre on Feb.

For the second time in just over a decade, local teachers Rick and Colleen Sereda spent a year living and working in Australia on a teacher exchange.