Olds News

It's increasingly looking like last call for the Texas Mickey Bar after 10 years. While preparing for the final Thursday-night student bash of the season, Mickey owner Jen Casavant is trying to save her business.

The Tour of Alberta will happen in Olds after all, with both the town and county approving contributions this past week of up to $15,000 each to host the race in the area. Now in its fourth year, the Tour announced its host communities on April 15.

The antics we see in the House of Commons and provincial legislatures may not improve much if some students currently in grades 5 and 6 at Deer Meadow School are eventually elected to political office.

When Danielle Lappage asked for a volunteer from a crowd of students at Holy Trinity School, Allona Delapena didn't expect to get picked.

In the coming months Olds College will unveil a multi-million-dollar fundraising effort dovetailed with the theme of its gala last week: beyond.

Anne Burchill, the featured artist at this weekend's Olds Art Club 60th annual Show and Sale, got tired of creating paintings simply by applying brush to canvas.

For almost a quarter century this scribbler outside his tasks as a newspaperman has dedicated his working life to a humble contribution of heritage preservation.

Revenue Canada's Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, in which volunteers complete income tax returns for low-income residents, is running full tilt now until April 28.

This June and then again this fall, Olds resident Kali Alcorn will be competing in several tree-climbing competitions, including one here in this community. Alcorn finished 13th out of 20 in the World Tree Climbing Championships April 1-3 in Texas.

Olds tree climbing competitor Kali Alcorn says those wanting to take on that challenge have to master five different events in order to qualify for the finals.