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More than $10,000 will go towards flood relief efforts in southern Alberta thanks to a pancake breakfast fundraiser in Olds on July 7. The event was held in the parking lot at the Olds Royal Canadian Legion.

Staff in the Town of Olds operations department has been kept busy over the last week trying to protect the community's facilities and clear debris from the a powerful on the evening of June 29.

Construction projects that were delayed by weather for more than a month are now in full swing, with the hope that they can be completed without further delays.

Raising awareness about lung diseases is motivating one former Olds resident to run in the Chicago Marathon this fall. Jennifer Jackson, 26, who grew up and attended school in Olds, will be running in the event on Oct. 13.

An 鈥渆lectrical component鈥� in the garage is likely to blame for a fire that devastated a Park Lane home on the afternoon of July 1, the chief of the Olds Fire Department said.

Chinook's Edge School Division is expecting more students to ride the bus within town boundaries during the upcoming school year.

A 53-year-old man from the Olds area was killed in a head-on collision on July 2 east of the highways 2 and 27 interchange.

Interest in Olds' O-NET service is growing outside the community and the service provider's president and chief executive officer said if O-NET expands, Olds will reap the benefits. O-NET, the service provider and marketing brand for Olds Fibre Ltd.

A community pancake breakfast fundraiser for victims of the Southern Alberta floods will be held on July 7 at the Olds Royal Canadian Legion on Highway 27.

The town's director of community services, Barbara Hill, retired on June 28 after spending 40 years in municipal government. Including four separate stints in Olds totalling eight years, Hill also worked in Canmore, Coleman, Calgary and Red Deer.