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A total of five winners emerged from four categories at this year’s Athabasca Golf and Country Club’s Senior open. Eighty-two participants signed up for the annual golfing event on Aug.

Over 30 area golfers competed for the Ladies Open championship hosted at the Westlock Golf Course Aug. 6-7. Elaine Maloney walked away as the winner after a tiebreaker playoff between her and Jean Melnychuk. Both ladies shot a 172 two-day total.

The Westlock Red Lions ended their regular season with a win Aug. 9, sending them into the post-season with a the fourth and final North Central Alberta Baseball League playoff berth. The win means the Lions will head into their Aug.

Regiment members of Lord Strathcona's Horse perform a tent-pegging demonstration, during the Strathcona Mounted Troop Musical Ride on Sunday, Aug. 14.

It was a rainy weekend at the Westlock Golf Club’s Men’s Open July 30 to Aug. 1, but golfers still turned out en force for the 45th annual championship.

The Westlock Grey Lions can now call themselves Canadian champions after going undefeated at the Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Federation Championship in Medicine Hat July 28 to Aug. 1.

The Westlock ‘AA’ Senior Warriors will hit the ice with a new head coach this fall.

The Grey Lions will end their regular season third in the Alberta West Central Baseball Association after a 1-1 week.

Horses and teaching are two of Noreen Pinder’s passions. And for six days a week in July, every year, Pinder is able to combine both during the Ridgeview Riding Club’s annual summer riding camp at High Ridge Stables.