Olds News

Olds has a new playground thanks to the Olds Rotary Club, in partnership with several different organizations and individuals.

For the last month and a half, Grade 4 students at École Olds Elementary School have been growing plants in a portable greenhouse lent to the school by Fortis Alberta.

The RCMP's first organized sting along the QE II Highway to include distracted drivers resulted in 15 tickets being issued during a three-day operation from Gasoline Alley, just south of Red Deer, to Olds.

Sundre and Olds Fish and Wildlife officers are asking for public help in catching poachers who have killed numerous animals in recent days.

Organizers of the fourth annual Festival of Trees are looking for individuals and businesses to buy trees to donate to organizations such as the Olds Legion, seniors' lodges or other groups.

Uptown Olds' reFind owner Kristin Allan could congratulate herself on a project well done last Friday night, as 40 community members came to the store's first fundraising fashion show at Bean Brokers.

Bonnie Giles has been named this year's citizen of the year for 2011. The announcement was made on Saturday at the Rotary Harvest Ball. “That was a real surprise. But it's a great honour.

The annual Harvest Ball on Saturday was another success for the Olds Rotary Club, raising more than $50,000 for the club's activities, before expenses. The Harvest Ball serves as the club's main fundraiser, said Rotary president Greg MacIntyre.

Members of the Olds RCMP have thrown down the gauntlet to members of the Olds Fire Department, challenging them to raise as much funds as possible for men's cancers during the month of November.

Chris Wandler will be joining the coaching staff of Olds College, lending his experience to the institution's push to become a member of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference.