Town of Peace River on Level 1 Water Advisory

On Friday the Town of Peace River declared a Level 1 Water Advisory because reservoir levels are at or below 75%. The full bylaw is available, but I've pasted the Level I below:

Town of Peace River
Watering Restriction Schedule
Schedule “C”

ODD AND EVEN WATERING DAYS: Using the last number of your address (odd or even) determines which days you may water your lawn.
LEVEL 1: When Reservoirs level is at or below 75%
ODD numbered addresses may water lawns: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
WATERING: may occur only during the following hours:
6:00 a.m. — 08:00 a.m.
4:30 p.m. — 09:30 p.m.
Odd numbered addresses consumers who use sprinkler systems on timers, can water their own lawn from 10.00 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

EVEN numbered addresses may water lawns: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
WATERING may occur only during the following hours:
6:00 a.m. — 08:00 a.m.
4:30 p.m. — 09:30 p.m.
Even numbered addresses consumers who use sprinkling system on timers, can water their own lawn from 10.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday*. (*Consumers can set up their system to start as early as 10 p.m.)

Flowerbeds and vegetable gardens may be watered by hand, at anytime, using a watering can or a hose with a nozzle with a trigger shut off to restrict water flow. Sprinklers and like water toys may be used for  recreational purposes by children as long as children are present during use; includes children’s pools (capacity not more than 1000 liters).

Requests for site and condition specific irrigation scheduling for commercial or industrial operations using metered irrigation systems may be approved by the CAO or Water Treatment Plant Manager.

Alberta Summer Games in the Peace

It’s Day 3 of the 2010 Alberta Summer Games here in Peace River and the surrounding region. What a huge undertaking for this area, with around 3000 young athletes (apparently more than were at the Olympics in Vancouver) competing in 15 sports, accompanied by coaches, technical participants and families, and supported by 2000 volunteers.

Since we couldn’t handle that number of events and visitors all at once, there are two shifts, so it’s a full week of competition and celebration. As an Ambassador, I’ve already helped out at the opening ceremonies, done a breakfast clean-up, and still have three days at basketball and the closing ceremonies ahead. Many people have taken the week or days off work to volunteer and there seems to be a new pool of volunteers being created—good news for future events.

Yesterday I went out to Wilderness Park, near Grimshaw, to see the canoe polo, and was impressed with how the pond there had been transformed into a beautiful venue for the event. Today they move to the river for the kayak slalom and wildwater. In the same area, the new mountain bike track on Misery Mountain will see action.

Rugby is in Berwyn, boys’ baseball in Grimshaw, boys’ and girls’ softball in Manning, and inline hockey in Falher. In Peace River the track events will be on the brand-new rubberized track at Glenmary, the swimming events are at the pool, and beach volleyball at Peace High and TA Norris. In the next shift, we’ll see football at the Glenmary field, lacrosse in Nampa, soccer at three venues in Peace River, and water polo at the Peace River pool.

And if sports wasn’t enough, the cultural program at Riverfront Park and Athabasca Hall includes much to do and watch (scroll down on the Games website to download the poster)—an art display, craft items for sale, interactive art, and lots of entertainment. As well, the museum is hosting two nights of poetry and prose (Wednesday and Saturday) and Java Domainne offers three nights of cabaret entertainment (Thursday-Saturday at 7:00). So much to do and see!

By Sunday night, the excitement will be over, the volunteers and Games staff will get some well-deserved rest, and we’ll settle back into the usual summer activities, savouring our favourite Games memories.