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Grain farmers in Alberta didn't face the same sorts of problems from COVID-19 that other agricultural producers did, and actually had an easier time getting their products to market, but they're still recovering from a bad winter.

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“Remember your community, be of strong character and commit to making the world around you a better place.”

“Change will happen, but we really have to stick together and cherish the fact that we still have each other. Cherish the fact that we are healthy."

“It was a lot of years in the making and I’m just happy to be able to say that I’ve graduated— I’m ready to move on with the next chapter of my life.”

“I believe my class has the potential to do many things and that we will all work very hard to graduate. I believe all of us are destined for great things in the future and I’m excited to see where my classmates go."

This week in Cochrane: the Cochrane Public Library launches its Summer Reading Club program, Rocky View and Wheatland Employment Services hosts a free workshop, and the Cochrane Hospice Society holds a contest for the benefit of Cochrane's senior population.

“They’re the backbone of our detachments."

Good morning! If you'd like to contribute a photo to our morning posts, send our editor Chelsea a note at ckemp@cochrane.greatwest.ca.