Acadia Valley curling rink receives renovations

By Joan Janzen

The Acadia Valley Recreation Club is always busy, whether fundraising, doing maintenance services, or providing sports for all the kids in the area. Their latest project involved both fundraising and renovations, when they had $35,000 worth of renovations done to the local curling rink.

The Acadia Valley Recreation Club recently had $35,000 worth of renovations done to their local curling rink. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Club President Jordan Kuhn said the club is always fundraising. “We facilitate recreation in Acadia Valley and district, looking after ball diamonds, the skating rink, as well as the curling rink,” he explained. “It’s constant fundraising to keep maintenance up on the buildings and provide sports for all the kids in the area.”

They started by painting the interior of the curling rink. “The paint job was definitely due since the last one was in the early 1980’s,” he said. “We also did the walkways with a lifetime product, which was installed by a local contractor.”

The club purchased some vinyl sheets that lay down on the ice surface. It eliminates the need for ice paint and installs quickly, with no messy paint cleanup when the season is over. In the first year, the supplier trained a half dozen rec members and community members on how to install the product. “Some other rinks have used the product, and it’s lasted 18 years,” Jordan said, so it was definitely a wise investment.

The Ladies’ Bonspiel was the first event to be held after the renovations. The club also welcomes everyone to come out and have a look at the rink at their bonspiel coming up in late February and the beginning of March.