Sundre News

Al Shermack, the newly elected president of the Sundre Aquatic Society, says he has lots of plans for 2011, including getting more of the community at large involved in the AquaPlex.

The committee resurrecting a skateboard park proposal first introduced seven years ago got commitment last week from council on the location of the proposed attraction.

Officials are taking the plan for extending water and sewer to the east side of Sundre back to the drawing board in an effort to scale back costs for property owners.

Aquaplex officials have been given a bit of a reprieve from the short-term cash flow problems currently plaguing the facility. Council approved advancing $80,000 in recreational grant money to the Sundre Aquatic Society last Monday.

Campaigning in the Wild Rose constituency ramps up this week in the run-up to a May 2 federal election called Saturday after a non-confidence vote brought down the government a day earlier.

While rumours of a Sundre Tim Hortons location have perked the collective ears of locals, the area franchise owner says nothing is set in stone.

A new interim chief administrative officer has taken the helm of the Town of Sundre effective last Monday. Ryan Leuzinger has been contracted until the end of December.

A trust fund has been established for the five children of the late Trish deCoverley who ran Divine Dance in Olds for the last 20 years and recently established a dance school in Sundre.

After the recent annual general meeting, the Sundre and District Chamber of Commerce acquired Wendy Morton as its new vice-president.

Write your Story Here Round Up Staff “What I look like and what I feel like are two different things,” said Sundre land magnate and lifetime resident Jack Morgan.