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While many hamlets rely on annual midways to attract visitors, Priddis and Millarville celebrate the summer with an old-fashioned fair in keeping with their communities’ 111-year-old tradition.

An Okotoks car lover will see his pride and joy on the chest of vehicle enthusiasts this weekend. Keith Gray’s 1937 Plymouth Coupe is on the logo and the official t-shirt for the Okotoks Kinsmen Show & Shine Aug. 19 at Olde Towne Okotoks.

Okotoks’ business park streets bear their name after one of the town’s earliest mayors. William Fisher came to Okotoks from Midland Bay, Ont. in 1902.

Rain showers and a quick-moving low-pressure system helped clear the air for those sensitive to heat and smoke this week, but poor air quality has now returned to the area.

There’s more to bees than stingers and honey. People have become fascinated by the small pollinating insects in recent years, particularly due to news of hive collapse and disease among bees.

Fun and festivities will be popping up in Okotoks once again. The fourth annual Pop Up in the Park is Aug. 18 at Minue Park in Westmount from noon to 3 p.m. and it’s full of family-friendly entertainment.

While students dread hitting the books at the start of a new school year, their parents are more concerned about the hit on their finances.

Some sleek cars, a curling friendship and a Calgarian’s kindness helped raise a few hundred thousand dollars for the Foothills Country Hospice.

Residents of Foothills hamlets are being reminded to have their water meters replaced before the end of the month.

It’s looking like an early harvest with promising yield despite hailstorms at the end of July, says a Foothills areal farmer. Leroy Newman, who farms at Gladys Ridge, said he lost about 800 to 900 of his 3,500 acres of crop.