Town shares sustainability award
The Town of Olds, along with industry partner Waste Not Ltd., had one of two entries to share the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Community Award in the water category.
The project, which features treating wastewater directly in the pipes, shared the award with the Village of Victoria, P.E.I.
In addition to the national recognition ñ announced last week in Victoria B.C. ñ the project had recently won a provincial award. The project was one of nine awards handed out by the national municipal association during their sustainable communities conference and trade show.
The project was developed to help meet expanded town wastewater treatment needs in the interim while the regional wastewater system is completed. The system is expected to be able to treat some of Olds' wastewater by 2012 with full treatment planned for 2015.
According to town officials, the temporary project costs $6,000 per month.
Power monitors available at Olds library
Olds Municipal Library Patrons will now have access to a new item for borrowing.
Through the Parkland Regional Library system, users of the local library can borrow a power monitor, recently donated to the library system by FortisAlberta.
Power monitors are small devices that measure and display the electrical usage of household appliances as well as the cost of running the appliance. Residents can borrow a monitor from any Parkland Regional member library as they would with any other library item.
FortisAlberta donated 60 of the monitors to be circulated to the system's 50 member libraries, including Bowden, Didsbury and Sundre, along with Olds.
Olds College partners with Ontario school for certificate program
A new Olds College certificate program will also enable students to complete an additional certificate available from Equine Guelph, a part of the University of Guelph.
The new one-year Western Recreational Rider Certificate is set to begin in July 2011 and with two additional elective courses in that time frame students can acquire Equine Guelph's Equine Science certificate as well.
The program will consist of blended programming over the one year. The course will begin in July with eight weeks of on-campus instruction followed by two semesters of part-time, on-line instruction from September to April. The program finishes with eight weeks of on-campus instruction in May and June.
It wraps up with a three-day pack trip through the Rockies. The program is limited to 24 students per year and will follow Equine Canada's rider level certification.
Students can name police puppies
Local students can get in on the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre's name the puppy contest 2011, for the 10 German shepherd puppies born at the Innisfail facility.
Students aged 16 and under can submit a postcard with one name for a male or female puppy provided the name starts with the letter ëD', has no more than nine letters and has one or two syllables.
The training centre, located east of the QE II Highway between Bowden and Innisfail received over 9,000 entries for last year's contest. Organizers said that when thinking of names it's important to remember that these will be working dogs and not pets.
Ten winners will be selected but the others not selected will be considered for puppies born during the year.
The RCMP will accept more than one entry per household provided that each participant submits one name per postcard. Entries can be sent to Name the Puppy Contest, Police Dog Service Training Centre, Box 6120, Innisfail, AB, T4G 1S8.
Habitat for Humanity applications being taken
The Mountain View Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for one housing unit built in Didsbury.
Families available for selection must be a resident of Mountain View County (including urban municipalities within the county) for one year, must earn between $40,000 and $65,000 per year and willing to do 500 hours of sweat equity.
Applications can be picked up at Mountain View County municipal office, the Town of Olds office, or the Town of Didsbury office. Applications must be completed and returned by Feb. 25 to be considered.
For more information call Sara at (403) 556-7820.
