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Okotoks skateboarders are one step closer to having a new park to ride this fall and they now have an idea of what it’s going to look like.

Okotoks is continuing to own its environmentally friendly reputation with 50 per cent of eligible households currently subscribed to the Curb It Curbside Recycling Program.

You don’t need a library card to check out a book at the newest library in Okotoks. Located at 74 Elma St, the ‘Little Free Library’ runs on the “take-a-book, leave-a-book” honour system.

Growing communities in the foothills could get a transit connection to Calgary, if a new study shows there is enough demand for a service.

An energy processing company will take the place of a former biodiesel plant in the foothills. XR Resources will move into the former home of Western Biodiesel, near the Cargill Foods Ltd. plant north of High River.

Okotoks town council put the brakes to a decision to change the hours for school and playground zones in town. Councillors are considering instituting a 30 km per hour speed limit every day from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Okotoks town council will have the final say on where adult businesses like erotic clubs, adult video stores, smoke shops and casinos can be located.

The toughest moments in Foothills School Division’s history were also its finest says the out-going superintendent. “About 40 per cent of our staff were directly affected by the flood,” said superintendent of schools Del Litke.

Macleod’s newest MP has gone from questioning politicians to having a seat in question period in Ottawa.

Turner Valley’s historic gas plant will be opening for tours over the summer, a move many hope is the first step to turning the facility into a full-time tourist attraction.