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The community of Rimbey continued to receive province-wide recognition following the announcement last week that one of Alberta’s major magazines has included two local residents among the top 50 most influential people.

As part of Canada Day celebrations, held last Tuesday, July 1 at Pas-Ka-Poo Park and later at the Rimbey Soccer Fields, hundreds of residents rose as one and reaffirmed their allegiance to our country during a brief ceremony.

Blessed with spectacular summer weather, last Saturday’s Rimbey Farmers Market at Pas-Ka-Poo Park drew hundreds of residents to check out the produce and other items. In light of the July 1 celebrations held this Tuesday, many vendors at the market were decked out in red and white and the Maple Leaf.

Now that summer is upon us, motorcycles in central Alberta have become much more prevalent and as such, RCMP Detachments both locally and throughout the province have initiated a campaign to ensure safe riding practices among motorcycle drivers.

Rimbey was the site of the Provincial Soccer finals this past weekend including action from a match between one of the local teams and Stettler, pictured above. As of press time on Monday morning however, results of the tournament were unavailable.

Round 2 of an on-going dispute between the electrical industry and the Lavesta Group over proposed power lines running through Rimbey was held last Monday at the Community Centre, however unlike Round 1 held approximately one year ago, this was a much-less confrontational affair.

On June 11, Jeramie Bissonnette appeared in Red Deer Provincial court to be sentenced on 52 Criminal Code charges which include Break and Enter, Theft of Motor Vehicles, Flight from Police and Dangerous Driving.

Despite less than ideal conditions, hundreds of spectators lined 50th Avenue on Saturday morning for the annual Rimbey Rodeo Parade. Members of the Royal Canadian Legion (centre) were just one of many floats in the parade that experienced rain and gusty winds, however the weather made a timely turn for the better.

Remember back in the day when the teachers told you not to bring your pets to school? Well things certainly have changed – at least for one day at one particular school. Pictured above is Daniel Reitsma who, in addition to being a teacher at Rimbey’s West Country Outreach School, also raises deer at his family farm. But after one of his adult females died during the delivery of two fawns, the Reitsma’s stepped in and began bottle feeding one of the twins, which is also pictured above.

The acts have been booked, the decorations are up and all systems are go for the annual Rimbey Rodeo which will open this Friday night and continue on until sometime the following Sunday.