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Smashing, crashing, bashing, clashing, mashing, trashing … Slamming, whamming, ramming … What on earth is happening? There can only be one answer: the Demolition Derby has gatecrashed the weekend party to leave a monstrous mass of mangled metal.

Westlock’s Aaron McNelly won last weekend’s Men’s Open at the Westlock Golf Course. McNelly’s scores for each of the three rounds of the three-day tournament were 75, 77 and 79, resulting in a total of 231.

Edmonton’s Elaine Maloney is the winner of the 2013 Westlock and Barrhead Ladies Open golf tournament.

It has been a community staple for 15 years on a lot off of Highway 663 west of Highway 55, and for nearly 600 people this past weekend, the Rocky Ridge Stampede was "the wildest outdoor show on Earth.

The Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) Pacers football team will soon gear up for a new season with some fresh faces and a full roster of around 30 players. On Aug. 22 from 6:30 - 9 p.m. and all day on Aug.

Canadian hockey legend Darryl Sutter will be a guest speaker at a Barrhead hockey conditioning camp in August. It is hoped he will meet children and parents, as well as attend an off-ice skills centre.

Britannie Ouimet is a national bronze medal-winning bantam lacrosse player. Ouimet was a member of Team Alberta at the 2013 Canadian Bantam Midget and Junior Female Lacrosse Championships in Halifax, N.S. on July 23-28.

A strong win over the two-time reigning national champions was the highlight of the Westlock senior Red Lions’ foray at the Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Championships over the weekend.

She may be a King, but at cycling she could easily pass for a queen. Sangudo’s Eleanor King-Lamoureux carried the hopes of the Barrhead area in cycling at the Alberta 55-plus Summer Games. And she did not disappoint.

When it comes to golf, Barrhead’s Norm Miller is a man with a golden touch. The 70-year-old struck gold last weekend after two impressive rounds at the Alberta 55-plus Summer Games.