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Thanks to everyone who responded to the Mother's Day questions. Check out print edition of Rimbey Review for story on Tuesday and check out www.rimbeyreview.com now.

Hey all you moms out there. Rimbey Review is looking for some comments for this week's Mothers Day section. Please help us out. Question: What was your favourite Mother's Day gift and/or activity and why? Thanks, girls!

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Work is ongoing to repair the Rimbey Splash Park.

Young volunteers will be on the road Saturday, May 6, during the Annual Highway Cleanup event. Between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. this Saturday, motorists will see volunteers wearing bright orange safety vests collecting garbage along Alberta roadsides as they raise money for their community organizations. The annual highway cleanup was established as a fundraiser for non-profit and community organizations and to help clean up provincial highway rights-of-way. Depending on the weather, the event is held each year on the first or second Saturday of May. Last year, the Alberta government contributed $974,025 to 622 volunteer organizations as 14,186 volunteers helped clean up more than 12,600 kilometres of Alberta roadways. Volunteer organizations include 4-H clubs, Scouts, Girl Guides, schools, church organizations, Rotary clubs, sports teams and various non-profit groups. Groups must register with the province as non-profit organizations to participate. Organizations can earn between $55 and $100 per kilometre cleaned, with the higher amount going to those groups cleaning highways closer to urban centres which tend to accumulate more trash. Albertans over the age of nine are invited to participate in the cleanup. Volunteers must attend a safety-training program and be under adult supervision. More information is available by calling 310-0000 toll-free or by visiting the Annual Highway Cleanup website. Motorists are asked to slow down, obey signs and be cautious when passing cleanup crews. Participants are asked to be aware, make sure they are visible, and obey all traffic signs.

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Alberta's men and women of country music will be coming soon to Hoadley. Check out story at www.rimbeyreview.com

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The Rimbey high school Spartans girls rugby team defeated Hunting Hills High School in Red Deer 41 to 21 in a game on home turf, last Friday. The Spartans pulled off the win on an unseasonably cold night in April.

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Great trade fair with lots of vendors and good crowd in attendance.

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Rimbey lodge is nearing completing. MP Blaine Calkins and several other government officials including Mayor Rick Pankiw, County Reeve Paul McLauchlin and Rimoka CAO Peter Hall enjoyed a tour of the facility last Friday. More to come!

Great crowd at Volunteer dinner at community centre. Congrats to co-ordinator of volunteer resources Laine Dahms, who plans to retire in July, for 24 years of service.

Council passed a zero per cent mill rate increase at Monday's meeting. More to come!

Rimbey town council has agreed to foot the bill to restore splash park. The park has not been operational for two years, but council is hopeful these repairs will fix the problem. The cost to repair the park is $92,000. Do you think council should put the money into repairing the park?

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Bluffton, Alberta - RCMP from Rimbey detachment are turning to the public to help them solve a strange case of vandalism to the community hall in the hamlet of Bluffton, located in Ponoka County. The first incident was reported to police on December 19th, 2016, when an unknown suspect spray painted graffiti on an outside wall and freezer. On February 15, a second case of graffiti was reported to police. This time, surveillance cameras captured images of a male spray painting on doors. A third case was reported to RCMP on March 17th. In this instance, graffiti was once again painted onto the exterior of the Bluffton Community Hall. Surveillance cameras once again captured images of the suspect which investigators hope will help identify the person responsible. In the last two events, the suspect was accompanied by a black dog which is also shown in the attached photos.