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Beating the Heat
Soaking Fun
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Children had huge grins as they ran through the equipment at the re-opening of Vegreville Lions Community Spray Park on July 19.
The Vegreville Lion’s Community Spray Park was taken out of service on July 12. This brief closure was due to a contaminated water sample.
Parks, Recreation and Facilities Manager Dan Kuzmic explained, “Although the higher level of contaminants was not a cause for concern, as spray/splash parks in Alberta are rigorously monitored, the closure was a proactive measure to ensure the levels did not increase. Testing before the re-opening demonstrated that the issue had been resolved.”
A Splashing Good Time
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Children laughed and wore joyful expressions when participating in the spray bottle race (where they each used a spray bottle to try and knock off a ping pong ball from an elevated edge).
This happened when Kalyna Family Resource Network (KFRN) Vegreville and Area offered a Five Stop Park Hop at Vegreville Lions Community Park on July 17. There was also a hopscotch activity, bean bag games, a chance to play with some balls to see who could kick it further, and time to make Play-Doh creations.
Spokes Programmer Kailyn Kuhn explained the children’s muscle-building skills were being enhanced through these activities. “The kids learned new games they can do at home, as well as, how to use their imagination.”
Participants gave their impressions. Carter Fedoruk mentioned that he thought the program was good. He liked the spray ping-pong game because he enjoyed spraying his father when it grew into a water fight.
Nadia Weinans commented that she liked spraying water and it was neat to be able to make the ping-pong balls fly.
