Olds News

A 2016 Olds High School (OHS) grad says her sister's success in the clothing business has inspired her – but not to go into fashion. Ashley Reed, 17, wants to become a nurse. “I think she definitely has been an influence.

More than 200 guests attended the annual Ceremonial Review of 60 cadets of the 185 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron at the Olds Sportsplex on June 2. The ceremony included award presentations and an inspection by dignitaries.

Former Horizon Parent Advisory Council president Kathy Owens was the driving force behind a plan to renovate the Ryan Boutwell Memorial Park, a playground behind the school, designed for its students who have special needs.

Three Olds children, along with two kids from Banff, raised just over $200 for Fort McMurray evacuees via a lemonade stand.

Bowden resident Joanne Teuling got a nasty surprise as the long weekend came to an end. She had been visiting her sister-in-law in Thorsby, near Leduc.

Olds RCMP Const. Lyle Korver was one of several RCMP officers who went up to Fort McMurray to help out after the city was hit by a giant wildfire in early May.

Nicole Green won a gold medal and more than $4,000 in scholarship money at this year's Canada-Wide Science Fair, held at McGill University in Montreal. It was the Grade 10 student's fourth trip to the national competition.

Olds College and the Mountain View Food Bank (MVFB) have teamed up to help Mountain View County residents affected by the Fort McMurray wildfire and/or the current economic downturn.

Council passed the community standards bylaw at its May 24 meeting, giving third reading to the statute which has been in the works since 2013.

This letter of thanks goes out to all the wonderful people of Olds who have given so much to the community of Fort McMurray.