Cochrane’s rodeo royalty have been a very busy bunch.

Queen Nicole Schlaak, and Princesses Ashley Eide and Sarah Richards have been busy travelling, meeting fans at events and promoting themselves as well as the town of Cochrane.

The trio are the first ever rodeo royalty crowned in Cochrane and, while they have received much community support so far, they are hoping many more local businesses will contribute financially to keep them travelling and in the public eye.

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Libraries are known for having rows upon rows of literature, with stacks and shelves of novels just waiting for the right borrower to open up the pages and instantly travel to a new world.

At Cochrane’s Nan Boothby Memorial Library, technology is making access to the written word both easy and accessible from almost anywhere.

Over the last few weeks, the library has introduced two new ways of accessing books, one online and the other handheld and portable.

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After adorning homes over the holidays, the time has come once again for Christmas trees to disappear until next year.
Both the Town of Cochrane and the County of Rocky View are offering to take unwanted trees off residents hands and recycle them. (more…)

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The Town is reminding business owners to purchase a business licence before Dec. 31.

The term for a business licence runs from Jan. 1  to Dec. 31, and licences  purchased after the Dec. 31 deadline will have  a 15 per cent increase in price applied. (more…)

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After indulging sweet tooths and loosening belts during the holidays, it’s now the time of year when people get to   thinking about their New Year’s resolutions.

For many those resolutions will have to do with fitness or losing weight in 2010, and with the return of Cochrane’s Biggest Loser Challenge they may just get a push in the right direction.

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Dear Editor:
The staff of Guy’s Café & Bakery were wonderfully surprised on Christmas Eve when, to their astonishment, a single tip of a large amount was secretly deposited into the tip jar.

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Coffee With Warren

’Tis the season when Sound of Music is often revisited. With a coffee-cup toast to Rodgers and Hammerstein, I’d like to begin this year-end column with my own musical take on “My Favourite Things:”

Slumdog and Avatar and Harry Potter
Cycling through Africa, sandstorm and shower
Cinnamon buns and some java with zing
These are a few of my favourite things.

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Happy Trails

I have just attended my first Reindeer Racing meet — yes, I said “reindeer!”

Even though it was a bitterly cold day, the first annual reindeer races took place at the Millarville Race Track Dec. 20. As my regular readers know, I am very enthusiastic about any activity related to driving so I just had to go check this out.

I was bundled up from head to toe and off I went to participate in the festivities.

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Re: ‘Climate Questions Continue’ – Dec. 23, letter

Dear Editor:
Wow! The writer was trying to use science to say that global warming is not occurring, but the message which came through loud and clear was, “We are not responsible. There are no consequences for our actions.” Really? We can emit whatever we want in whatever quantities we want and it will have no effect on our environment?

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