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Central Alberta hockey fans have had plenty of championship teams to cheer for over the years.This year offers a pair of nationally-ranked programs.

Red Deer College announced on Thursday it will be the first college in Canada to offer an application for use with an iPod, iPhone or iPad.

Getting an added boost in speed from the bungee cord between them, Charlie Jacobson, left, maximizes his leg speed to keep up with Cole Seguin as the two Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School track-and-field sprinters work out on the Legion track this week. Area high school track teams are gearing up for the season with daily track practices to get ready for area and zone competitions in late May and the provincial championships in Medicine Hat in early June.

Jam sessions at Alix Community Hall will be held on the first and third Sundays of each month from 12 to 4 p.m. Contact Henry at 403-747-2534. A $2 drop in fee includes refreshments.

Dioramas by Kelly Shpleley titled Angies Kitchen and Soulace are currently being displayed in the alleyscape studio along with ceramic works by Michele Dupas, The exhibit is called Monstrous and runs until April 23.

Four Chinook’s Edge students had an exciting night with the Calgary Flames as part of Reading . . . Give It a Shot.

Red Deer RCMP are searching for a stolen dirt bike after part of the front window at Precision Cycle Works was smashed early Wednesday morning.

Sadie a nine-week-old English Bull Dog gets some attention from veterinarian Lisa Lomsnes as Eastview Middle School students Sydney Levy and Rebecca Tedrick look on.

From the left, St. Elizabeth Seton Elementary grade four students Kallie Volk, Rylee Cassidy, Ashley Sveinson, Bryce Blunden and Jesse McIntyre traverse along the wall in the gymnasium at the school on Wednesday.

Central Alberta will get 276 new or upgraded continuing care beds — including 100 beds in Red Deer — over the next two years.