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City launches summer activities guide New lineup promises something for every age and interest
Families eager to fill their summer calendars can start planning now: City of Powell River Parks, Recreation and Culture has released its online Summer Active Living Guide. Program registration for aquatics, sports camps and outdoor fitness classes will open at 8 am on Monday, June 2. “We have so many ways to help people of all ages stay safe in, on and around the water this year,” says Tami Wood, aquatic program supervisor. The recreation complex pool will run four sets of its popular Monday to Friday swimming lessons, with evening options for beginners, plus daily aquacise classes (1 to 1:45 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 7:45 to 8:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays). For teens eyeing a lifeguard whistle, the department is offering the full certification ladder: Bronze Star (minimum age 10), Bronze Medallion (age 13+), Bronze Cross and standard first aid. Over at the arena and sports division, arena and sport coordinator Alex Craig says staff members have lined up eight weeks of full-day camps for children aged six to 12 and matching mini-camps for preschoolers aged three to five, beginning June 30. OCEAN VIEW
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Bootcamp, plus Core and Cradle, a strength-and-stretch session for parents with babies under one year old. The popular Drums Alive class will move outdoors to the Willingdon Beach Pavilion, and summer staples such as yoga, seniors’ wellness, pilates, zumba and spinGet will allPeak return. the to Go iPhone app Beyond the now regular schedule, in thehas pencilled in theavailable department App Store or iTunes two marquee community events. Canada Day celebrations at Willingdon Beach on July 1 will begin at 3 pm with speeches from local dignitaries, flowing into live REAL ESTATE CORPORATION musicPERSONAL on the Rotary Stage and a wrap-up with a fireworks finale. Families can expect bouncy castles, WARREN BEHAN face painting, food trucks and marPERSONAL ESTATE Get the PeakREAL toGet Go theCORPORATION Peak to Go ket stalls throughout the afternoon. iPhone app now iPhone app now The free Music in the Park conavailable in theavailable in the cert series will also be back at the App Store or iTunes App Store or iTunes WA Rotary Pavilion at 7 pm on July 16 and 30, and August 13 and 27. PERSONAL ESTATE CORPORATION The fullREAL Summer Active Living PERS Guide—including schedules, fees and program details—is available at powellriverprc.ca. Residents can register online, by phone at 604.485.2891, or in person at the recreation complex. Updates will be posted at facebook.com/ Powel l R iverPa rk sRecCu lt u re and instagram.com/powellriver PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION parksrecculture.
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