Three Hills Fire and Rescue responded to alarms at the Prairie Dining Room on Friday, March 22 at about 10:26 am. Upon arrival firefighters discovered smoke in the basement beneath the kitchen area. Apparently an electrical fire had started involving the service elevator. Any flames were quickly put out with a dry chemical extinguisher. Fans were used to clear the smoke. The building was evacuated for about 90 minutes.

The Three Hills & District Chamber of Commerce held their General Meeting on March 21, 2019.

The Election of Officers and Directors amounted to an acclamation of all those nominated. Executive elected to serve are: Jeannette Austin - President, Leah Edwards - Secretary/Treasurer, Roger Stevenson - Director, Charity Vollmann - Director, Danielle Weisenburger - Director, Vaughn Taylor - Director, Patrick Charron - Director and Chantale Hache - Director.

Presented at this meeting were three ot

Community Grants to Non Profit Organizations

Three Hills Amateur Radio and Three Hills Curling Club made presentations to County Council for their Community Grant applications for Round One of the process, a typical presentation when the amount requested surpasses $5000. The total amount being requested is $69,551.74, which Administration advises is over the $50,000 annual budget (for both rounds of applications). The number of applications totalled 17. Along with two organizations mentioned ab

Kneehill County Reeve Jerry Wittstock called the council meeting to order at 8:30 am.

The Agenda was accepted as amended, and the minutes of the February 26 Council Meeting approved.

Acme Alumni Association representative, Matt Price was present for the 8:30 scheduled presentation. He was bringing forth a request from the Acme Alumni Association that the Kneehill County Council Administration provide a letter of support to the Alumni’s Grant Application that has to be submitted by the end