Olds News

Fifty-eight people registered for the first-ever Santa Run, held in Olds on Saturday, Nov. 22. The event, now expected to be an annual occurrence, is a fundraiser for the Olds Regional Exhibition (ORE).

Mountain View Power (MVP), a community-operated local electricity provider, is almost certainly getting into the gas provision business too. That could happen as early as this coming January, says Olds Institute (OI) executive director Mitch Thomson.

Members of a local paintball team are looking at joining a professional paintball league. Some have also expressed interest in joining another amateur league that would specialize in “woodsball,” a primarily outdoor-style of paintball.

Mountain View Power is considering setting up a wireless network (Wi-Fi) service in Olds. During a meeting this past week, the Olds Institute (OI) board, which oversees Mountain View Power, agreed to fund a $12,000 study to look into that idea.

Olds High School is $20,000 closer to meeting its fundraising target for the 2015 Alberta Student Leadership Conference (ASLC) thanks to a donation from the Olds Lions Club announced on Nov. 18.

Seven people showed up at the Olds RCMP detachment late last week to hear a presentation by RCMP proactive recruiter Const. Wilson Yee.

They were just two guys from Calgary but each took separate, radically different paths after graduating from high school. But one became a suicide bomber while the other is trying to promote peace.

The United Church is celebrating 120 years in Olds with an exhibit at the Mountain View Museum and Archives. The collection is on display until Nov.

For the second time in less than a decade, Big Brothers & Big Sisters is looking at setting up shop in Olds to serve the Olds and Sundre areas, hopefully next year.

Olds resident Misty Olsen has been chosen to attend a November 21-23 event to develop athletic leadership and youth activation. Olsen participates in five-pin bowling, baseball and swimming with Olds & District Special Olympics.