The Paris Independent for Saturday January 20, 2024

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The Paris Independent

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January 20, 2024

COMMUNITY NEWS

Bundle up and get Winter Active with the family! A CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE With Paris’ Stephen L

It’s the middle of January and winter is really here now! With colder temperatures and mounds of snow, there’s plenty of things to do to keep you occupied before Winter ends! I’ve complied a list of things to check out, right here in Paris, this Winter season. Ice Skating Ice skating is a very popular activity to do during the winter season, especially if you know how to skate. If you’d like to go ice skating during the winter season, I’d suggest you go to the Brant Sports Complex which offers a welcoming family environment with its ice rinks, making it an ideal spot for skaters of all levels. Whether you're a cool pro or just starting, the rink provides a good setting for a day of skating enjoyment. If you like that outdoor rink, there are usually a few outdoor rinks in Paris – Optimist Park and the Syl Apps Community Centre to name a few.

Arabella and Arizona Haw enjoy a sunny morning skate January 2022 at the Syl Apps Community Centre. No official word yet if the outdoor rinks, managed by the County of Brant with maintenance help from the local firefighters, will surface this year. The open-air atmosphere brings during the winter season, and I charm to your winter activity with know just the place to do that. snowflakes falling, allowing you to After school, Paris District High enjoy the beauty of the season School opens their field to the while gliding on the ice. public so that children can play on the structure. But also, they have a Since the weather just turned bunch of hills surrounding the track winter a few days ago, those rinks that are great for tobogganing are not ready yet, but stay tuned for downhill. They vary from tall ones future announcements (if the near the very edge of the track that weather co-operates!) are really thrilling to go down, to Tobogganing the short ones near the middle of the track. I’d suggest you should Make sure to check the weather start there and then make your way channel for any snow in the future up higher the more you progress. forecast and grab your sleds because tobogganing is another Continued on page 11 awesome kid-friendly activity to do


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