Olds News

Olds College is gearing up to host the 2013 World Plowing Championships on July 19 and 20 and the local economy is already experiencing some benefits from the upcoming event.

When teacher Amy Christiansen asked four Grade 8 students in Ecole Deer Meadow School's Interact Club what project they wanted to work on to improve their school, they chose to focus on mental health.

While there is no imminent flooding risk in the area covered by the Red Deer River due to snowmelt at this point, heavy amounts of rain could change that in the coming days and weeks as the snowpack continues to melt, say officials.

Bowden council has agreed to set aside roughly 163 square metres of land adjacent to the town's Old Library for a community garden.

Olds RCMP, with help from Mounties from Didsbury, arrested a Calgary man on May 16 now charged with murdering a woman and child found dead in a Calgary home earlier in the day. Guevara Wilson Clorina, 26, was taken into custody at about 3:30 p.m.

A natural interest in drawing and painting has led local teacher Renu Mathew down many interesting paths in life.

The Olds Municipal Library has reduced the amount of money in its reserve funds after the Town of Olds discovered the library's reserves were larger than town staff would have liked.

A group of 20 students from Magog, Que., was in Alberta last week on an exchange with students from Olds. Olds students went to the same Quebec town in February.

A one-year-old steer named Uno belonging to 11-year-old Annelise Corbett was the big winner at the Eagle Beef and Multi 4-H Club achievement day held at the Cow Palace in Olds on May 13.

Town council unanimously agreed to assist the Olds Agricultural Society with a maximum of $22,000 in financial and in-kind support to fund the construction of a concrete floor at the Olds Cow Palace by June 6, in time for the Jack Anderson car auctio