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On Tuesday Jim Bererton and Don Lalonde were two of the many at the Morinville Blood Drive held at the Rendez Vous Centre. This was the 62 donation for Bererton and the first for Lalonde. For the 56 days booking at the Rendez Vous Centre it is October 3 from 2:30 – 7:30 pm. For the 84 days booking the date is December 5, 2017 – held from 2:30- 7:30 p.m.

-Lucie Roy Photos

Ready to bloom

Town of Morinville staff hung planter baskets on 100 Street Thursday afternoon in advance of Communities in Bloom judges arrival in town Friday.

– Stephen Dafoe Photo

Getting ready

Library employee Kaitlin Erdmann gets things ready for the next phase of the Morinville Community Library’s Summer Reading Program.

Just go pher it

A Richardson’s ground squirrel tries to decide if it should cross the road or not.

– Stephen Dafoe Photos

Down she goes

The old home and barn on Morinville’s rec lands were demolished last week. Another home was previously moved from its foundation.

– Donald Boutilier Photos

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Morinville News will be closed for company summer shut down from July 31 to Aug. 7, inclusive. As such, we will have a limited number of stories online this week.