Tuesday, July 23, 2013 In advance of this week’s tourney, a pair of Aussies compare lawnbowling in Canada to the same sport back home.
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Beat the heat
Eight-year-old Olivia Lemire swam across the current at Davidson’s Pool, for the first time, with her dad Mark.
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Residents keep cool this summer
Story and photos by Ronda Payne editorial@mrtimes.com
Teegan Sur, five, bobbed up and down looking for rings her mom Jennifer threw into the Hammond pool.
Summer has arrived and no one remembers the last rainfall. This week’s temperatures are expected to stay in the mid 20s until at least Saturday. So how are residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows beating the heat? The TIMES hit the street to find out. Mother Denise Bonner took her two boys to Harris Road Park outdoor pool. It’s a place the family has enjoyed for decades according to Bonner. Her husband spent many summers in the same pool their boys now enjoy. “It’s beautiful,” she said. “And you
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know what? It’s affordable. My husband her first swim “across current” at the has been coming here since he was a popular swimming hole. small child. The boys think that’s kind While water is the choice of the of cool, too.” youngest residents, the more hairy locals The Bonners get a seasons pass every seem to prefer air conditioning and a bit year to continue the family tradof ice. View ition. Johnny Ombre, a sweetphotos The younger set certainly seems natured black dog at the local with to prefer the water. SPCA was treated to ice in his Five-year-old Teegan Sur bucket and a bit fed to him by splashed about in the Hammond hand. Despite the branch’s outor outdoor pool while her mom door wading pool, Johnny had online Jennifer sat on the edge tossing no interest in taking a dip. dive rings. “Put ice in their water, they The sea of goggles and wet hair like to play with it,” said Jennifer kept the elder Sur on watch for York, branch manager. “Keep the swimsuits she recognized. windows closed and the blinds “It’s close by,” she said of why drawn. Also try a frozen Kong they found their way to Hammond Pool. – it’s like a Popsicle for dogs.” “It’s the only place to cool down.” York suggested stuffing wet dog food Not so, say those who took the action and kibble into a Kong and freezing it. to Davidson’s Pool. There are also numerous recipes on the Olivia Lemire made her dad, Mark, Kong product website. continued on page A13… proud as the eight-year-old completed
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