Olds News

During an Olds council meeting, library manager Lesley Sackett Winfield gave an overview of the happenings around the Olds Municipal Library and what its plans are moving forward.

The 2018 Free Our Finest event, held June 16 and 17 at Walmart in Olds, raised $5,383 for Special Olympics Alberta. That figure includes a $1,000 donation from Walmart, which hosted the event.

BY RANDY BUTLER Olds College arboriculture instructor Laurie Newsham has received the Presidential Instructional Excellence Award, the highest honour a faculty member at the college can receive.

A planned development by Westview Co-operative Association in the Netook Crossing business park east of Olds does not mean the end of Westview Co-op's store and gas bar in Olds itself, Westview general manager Dennis Laing says.

A local resident and his daughter are upset by the fact that vandals deliberately ran over several newly planted trees in Hartman Green Park, east and south of Ecole Olds Elementary School (EOES) playground. The damage occurred the weekend of June 9.

Overall, Uptowne Olds Committee chair Leon Durand is pretty pleased with how this year's edition of Summer Oldstice went. The annual combination of attractions, vendors and sidewalk sales, took place past Saturday, June 16, in Uptowne Olds.

Olds RCMP are continuing to investigate a spectacular crash on Highway 2 which left vehicle debris -- including the engine strewn across the highway.

A marijuana production company, one of five planning to set up processing facilities in Olds, is one step closer to operating. PacWest Canopy Ltd. plans to set up shop on an 11.5-acre lot at 6608-48th Avenue in the south industrial area.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Olds celebrated its 125th anniversary on Sunday, June 24. Several members of the congregation got together and compiled the following history of the church.

Longtime therapeutic riding volunteer Linda Leggette has received an award for her efforts with the Mount View Special Riding Association (MVSRA) in Olds.