Olds News

Bowden council gave its blessing to a 4.9 per cent municipal tax increase on March 24 when it unanimously approved a $2,285,530 operating budget and a $1,434,536 capital budget for the town for 2014.

Police said an 18-year-old Didsbury man was arrested on March 1 and charged with stolen property after he was allegedly found with a laptop stolen from Olds College last July.

Olds RCMP said an Olds College arboriculture student who fell nearly 17 metres from a tree on campus on March 27 was in stable condition at a Calgary hospital as of the morning of March 28.

Mayor Judy Dahl or her two challengers in the 2013 municipal election were not required to disclose their campaign expenses because they spent under $10,000 and did not receive contributions from others.

Bowden will host a regional forum next month aimed at helping more people in the community live a healthier lifestyle.

The resignation of now former premier Alison Redford does nothing but rev up the spectacle that has been Alberta politics for the past few weeks, according to the provincial leader of the Official Opposition. "The circus is just beginning.

Rev. Tammy Allan said a fellow minister from Innisfail best described the resource-sharing agreement finalized between the Olds and Sundre United churches last month. ìShe talked about it in terms of the courtship,î Allan said.

After watching Olds College students Marshall Pagenkopf and Glenn McCullough shoe horses, Cpl. Sheryl Cody of the RCMP concluded that both were qualified to join the Mounties' 2014 Musical Ride event as summer farriers.

The Olds Boys and Girls Club is hoping an upcoming fundraising race will allow the club to open its afterschool youth programming to all local young people for little or no cost.

This is the first year the Town of Bowden will go it alone when it comes to paying for the operation and maintenance of the Bowden Heritage Rest Area. If Bowden council agrees to keep the facility open.