Dan Jensen

The Kelsey Drama Club will present a special dinner performance of Norman Foster's Bedtime Stories this Sunday (Feb. 26).

"The proceeds from the performance will be put into a trust fund that has been set up for Karen Greenwood at the Royal Bank in Camrose," said Ardis Peterson.

The new budget handed down by the provincial government Feb. 9 provides more funding for families and communities without increasing the rate of taxation.

"There's not a single solitary new tax," said Municipal Affairs Minister and Battle River - Wainwright MLA Doug Griffiths.

The City of Camrose and its residents are being encouraged to join the call for the adoption of a  poverty reduction strategy for Alberta.

Action to End Poverty in Alberta has initiated a petition urging the Government of Alberta to provide leadership, and for all political parties to adopt, support and legislate poverty reduction targets and timelines.

Former Rose City Curling Club members Les Zarski and Jack Wallis were honoured at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup in Camrose Feb. 8.

Zarski was a member of the Rose City Curling Club since its incorporation in 1967.

"I was a member of both the Rose City Curling Club and the curling club in Daysland," he explained.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada (Alberta and Northwest Territories) will be launching its March fundraising drive this Thursday evening.

"We're going to be holding a reception in the Norsemen Inn starting at 7:30," explained Camrose campaign coordinator Erhard Pinno.

"It will be an opportunity to come and learn how a once fatal disease is now manageable and treatable."

RCMP have arrested the man believed to be responsible for the shooting of two  Killam RCMP officers.

Sawyer Clarke Robison, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted murder early Friday after being picked up in a rural area approximately 160 km southeast of Edmonton.

The price of crude oil will continue to drive the Alberta economy forward in 2012 according Todd Hirsch.

"We've had unusually stable prices for crude oil since last fall and that is one of the reasons our province has the best economy in the country," stated the ATB Financial senior economist during a Camrose Chamber of Commerce workshop last Tuesday morning.

Businesses and organizations need to move fast if they wish to have a presence at the Camrose Regional Trade Show at the CRE Feb. 17, 18 and 19.

"The number of booth spaces we have left are very limited," said CRE trade show committee chair Dwayne Roth last week.

"I don't think we will have any trouble reaching a sell-out for the third straight year."

Battle River Credit Union had another year of solid growth in 2011.

"Income before ProfitShare allocation and income taxes exceeded $11 million, the second highest in our history," explained president Alan Fielding in Growing Forward, BRCU's annual report to members.

The amount allocated directly to BRCU common share accounts on Dec. 1, 2011, was  $6,936,000.