Olds News

New Bowden chief administrative officer James Mason says mill rates -- and their relation to the taxes residents and businesses pay -- are misleading.

At 82, the number of entries at this year's Mountain View Science and Technology Fair (MVSTF) was down about 15 from last year, but the quality of entries was up, according to Mountain View Science and Technology Society president Ruth Roedler.

Despite the recent balmy weather, Coats For Everyone (CFE) coordinator/facilitator Deborah Trehearne says that group is still accepting coats, tuques, mittens, etc., for at least another week or two.

The Olds High School (OHS) Interact Club is still looking for donations from businesses for its sixth annual fundraising banquet, which takes place March 10, in the school's commons area. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Supper begins at 6 p.m.

The president of the Wild Rose Humane Society wants to open an animal shelter in or near Olds. Dean Orlando visited the policies and priorities committee to discuss that plan.

A home is ready and waiting in Olds for a family of nine Syrian refugees being sponsored by the Refugee Welcoming & Resettlement Working Group of the Didsbury and Carstairs areas.

Bowden's incoming chief administrative officer says the town's location is a big advantage that might result in more commercial activity in the town.

Parkland Community Planning Services (PCPS) sent a delegation to the policies and priorities committee on Feb. 16 to discuss updating the Town of Olds' Municipal Development Plan (MDP).

Two Olds optometric assistants can't wait to go back to the Philippines to help provide eye care for poor residents there.

Council passed the town's $26.5-million operating budget for 2016 on Feb. 22, which factors in a 1.25 per cent tax rate increase.