Olds News

Olds College instructors Larry Couture Kurt Spady and Bob Van Someren and many of their students will be volunteering during the Canada Winter Games. The Games take place Feb. 15 to March 3 in Red Deer.

Melody Fuller, 11, the Olds Koinonia Christian School ATB chief executive officer (CEO), loves her job, but it's not what she wants to do when she grows up.

Two Grade 4 students who've been depositing money in the Olds Koinonia Christian School's ATB bank say they're doing it for good reason: they have big plans.

Students at Olds Koinonia Christian School are learning about banking through a program with ATB Financial. A bank branch has been set up in the school with help from ATB Olds staff.

If all goes well, the Westview Co-op QE II gas bar and convenience store, under construction in the Netook Crossing business park could be open by July 1, general manager Dennis Laing says.

The cold snap that started on about Feb. 1 has affected everyone, from residents to business owners and town employees. Last week, highs were in the low to mid -20s, and lows, with the wind chill, fell into the -30s.

Three trucks and one SUV were stolen in Olds last week. "In all four incidents, the vehicles were left momentarily unattended, unlocked and running outside of businesses or residences," Olds RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald wrote in a news release.

Nine-year-old Ecole Olds Elementary School student Carter Thompson got the thrill of his life Monday, Feb. 11 when the Grey Cup arrived in the school, along several members of the Calgary Stampeders and escorted by RCMP in red serge.

Thirty members of the Inspire Dance Studio and Baton Club in Olds left Wednesday, Feb. 13 for the Twirl Mania International Championships at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. All are Olds residents.

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