Olds News

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper, the Wildrose Party's house leader, says two events that embarrassed his party in the last few weeks are behind them and aren't a priority for local constituents.

Olds and area residents have come through for health care facility infrastructure in the community.

In-person donations made during a free pancake breakfast, together with a radio-a-thon and online donations raised close to $10,000 on June 8 for the Olds Hospital and Care Centre's 2016 $100 Club fundraising campaign.

Olds College's 101st graduating class accepted their parchments in the annual graduation ceremony held in the Ralph Klein Centre on Saturday, June 4.

Every month, the Olds Community Lending Shelf packs as many as 50 boxes of children's clothing to help parents unable to dress their kids. But since creating the organization in 2008, Lucinda Watkins has met few of them.

The Olds Municipal Library hosted free workshops on June 9 by Carole Bondaroff, a renowned artist on tour with the Alberta Foundation for the Arts' TREX Program. Bondaroff led two sessions that day in one of her specialties, monoprinting.

A kind of pop-up store is doing a steady business in Uptowne Olds. A couple of weeks ago, Jed Butters of Olds set up 50,000 records in a former bridal boutique on 51st Street. Within a few days that collection was down to about 43,000 records.

Olds High School teacher Angie Dezall has won an Alberta Education Excellence in Teaching award. Dezall, who has been teaching at OHS for 20 years, is one of 20 teachers across the province who have received the award.

A benefit concert, held at the Olds Legion Hall, raised $3,957 for the Wood Buffalo Food Bank in Fort McMurray. Penny Marks, one of the organizers and performers, says the money was raised from ticket sales and a silent auction.

Currently, a Bowden bylaw makes it impractical to bring new mobile homes into a mobile home park in the town or to do major renovations to them, chief administrative officer James Mason says.