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Rocky View County’s (RVC) newly-elected council members were sworn in at the Organization Meeting held at the County Office Oct. 29.

For the second year running, the Friends of Mitford Education Society will be throwing its fundraising gala. This year, the students of Mitford School will be providing the entertainment for the aptly named Snowman Stomp Gala.

Should you come face to face with a 12-foot-high barbed wire snowman decorated in holiday lights, make no mistake about it: his name is Rusty and he is to immediately be returned to Brooks Tower, or any other member of the Cochrane and Area Events So

Bust out your dancing shoes and your finest attire — it’s almost time for the annual fireman’s ball to light up Cochrane. The 2013 Cochrane Firefighter Charity Ball is slated to run Nov. 23 at The Links of GlenEagles.

Following recommendations from Rocky View County’s (RVC) Oct. 12 Regional Recreation Board Meeting, RVC council unanimously approved funding for three projects at its regular meeting Oct. 29.

The Cochrane Legion will be hosting its annual Remembrance Day services this Nov. 11.

The Bragg Creek Community Centre will be bustling Nov. 11 for the hamlet’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony. “It’s so important for us to honour our veterans,” said Laura Matthews, special events coordinator for the Bragg Creek Community Association.

For anyone who fancies the choral tradition, Calgary’s first professional chamber choir, Luminous Voices, will be performing at the Cochrane RancheHouse Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. in honour of Remembrance Day.

The voice of a Cochranite can be heard on a charity single penned in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI).

The driver of a semi truck is in stable condition following a single vehicle rollover that closed the westbound lanes of Highway 1 for hours.