Nanton Mayor Rick Everett did something many other Mayors around these parts would love to do.

Have a private meeting with Alberta Transportation Minister Brian Mason.

Everett invited Mason down to have dinner with himself and Town Council last Friday night, and Everett says they had to keep it on the "QT."

"We kept it low key. He is on holiday's and he didn't need to have a bunch of people trailing him around and it was just a heck of a pleasure to have him come down, spend the evening with council, take him through the museum and get him into the Lancaster at 10 o'clock at night when all the engines were running."

Everett says mainly it was to thank Mason for his quick work on approving funding for the Town's new $10-million waste water treatment plant.