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On Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., the Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation will be hosting a western ranching and livestock industry open house at the Cochrane RancheHouse as part of Historic Calgary Week.

Cochrane resident Col. Gerry Morrison and Calgarian Cpl. Gary Watson are hoping to preserve some of the Canadian history from the Cold War by rebuilding a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) jet fighter, the CF-104 Starfighter at the Springbank Airport.

Long before laser-cut rocks with enamel-embossed steel handles, heated lounges and evenly-pebbled indoor ice, there was curling in Cochrane. More than 100 years ago, 100-and-a-half to be exact, the Cochrane Curling Club came to be.

It isn’t often that you can say you’ve met a vegetarian who was raised on an Alberta cattle farm, or commerce graduate who decides to become a singer and yoga instructor, training with monks in India. But Amy Thiessen is anything but average.

The Cochrane Historical and Archival Preservation Society (CHAPS) is looking for fresh, new members to help with the organization. “We have really small membership and we’re getting much older,” said Gordon Davies, president of CHAPS.

Town of Cochrane water systems staff is beckoning Cochranites to follow the watering bylaw — before they wind up with a $250 ticket. While hand watering outdoor plants is acceptable, running a sprinkler between 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and 1-5 a.m. is not.

A Local Improvement Tax (LIT) that was presented by Rocky View County to Cochrane Lake residents is now “dead in the water ”, according to Division 9 councillor Bruce Kendall July 30 - at least in the way it was presented.

Today marks the end of a pilot project that uses the Ghost Reservoir for flood mitigation purposes.

If you’re planning on faking something, make sure you fake it well. Though it may appear at first glance to be perfectly placed bricks inserted at the intersection of Centre Ave. and Railway St.

On Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., the Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation will be hosting a western ranching and livestock industry open house at the Cochrane RancheHouse as part of Historic Calgary Week.