Olds News

Twenty-four hours before Kerry Towle made her stunning announcement on Nov. 24 that she was leaving the Opposition Wildrose party to join the governing Tories she quietly cleaned out her office at the legislature.

Bowden councillor Sheila Church is wondering if the Parkland Regional Library in the town could offer free memberships to try and encourage kids to take out books.

An Olds resident is now a new Canadian – and proud of it. Stephanie Rehaeuser officially became a Canadian citizen during a ceremony last week.

Turns out that even if you're a selfish, inconsiderate polluter who couldn't give one iota about the environment, recycling is still a good idea. Running out of landfill space might be your children's problem and not yours, you might think.

The Students' Association of Olds College (SAOC) is going to the dogs. Next week (the week of Dec. 8) it's bringing in puppies to help students cope with the stress of writing exams.

Drivers in the Olds area fared well during the latest snowfall last week, which resulted in multiple crashes along Highway 2 and elsewhere in the province. RCMP across Alberta responded to more than 600 collisions between Thursday, Nov.

Olds College's women's volleyball team was swept by Briercrest College in their weekend matches from November 28-29. The eighth-ranked Clippers visited the Ralph Klein Centre and took the first match 3-2.

Budgets in Olds and other communities in Central Alberta are being hammered out, but for the moment, the Town of Bowden is in a kind of limbo in that regard, according to chief administrative officer Andy Weiss.

The Christmas lights are up on main street in Bowden, but eventually they're going to have to be replaced, due to wear and tear plus age, Mayor Robb Stuart says. That topic arose during the regular Bowden town council meeting this past week.

A record number of shoeboxes filled with supplies for children have been collected at First Baptist Church in Olds and are now in Calgary being sorted for delivery to needy children and families around the world.