Ice out in record time

In future the Keeler Centre may be available earlier after the ice season is over.

The ice was gone this year in a day. In the past it has taken at least two weeks.

There was no trick to getting it done quickly. Community Services Director, Dan O'Brien, made arrangements with the Works Department to bring in a backhoe. It pulled the ice out in three hours. Normally the Zamboni has shaved the ice all week long as a staffer poked at the ice with a pick,

Mop up was quick too. Instead of using two staffers with mops for a week, a scrubber was rented for $300 and the job was done the same day.

The director says that even with recent equipment repairs that people shouldn't expect improvement on the same scale when installing ice - but it will take less time than in the past.