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Local 4-H beef and sheep members held two days of showing before their upcoming sale. On May 11, the Bluffton, Winfield and Rimbey 4-H clubs had their individual club Achievement Day.

It’s not very often that the leader of a provincial political party visits Bluffton - and even less if they’re not campaigning, but that’s exactly what happened on Friday, May 2 when Liberal Leader Kevin Taft paid a visit to the community as part of the Read and Learn Program.

Residents of Rimbey can expect to see a lot of construction activity throughout the community this summer as a bit of a building boom is currently underway, and you don’t have to look very hard to see it.

The government of Alberta released the details of the 2008 budget last week – the 15th consecutive balanced budget in a row, and one that promises $1 billion in savings to residents and businesses in the province with the elimination of most health-care premiums by January 1, 2009.

It was a hectic week for members of the Rimbey Detachment of the RCMP as they were involved in both the investigation of a bus collision that occurred on Wednesday, April 9 and a suspicious car fire north of the community the following day that has resulted in a homicide investigation.