Daily Five: No More Discounts To Fill Pools, Egg Hunt Tomorrow

1. It’s beginning to warm up but it won’t be like what we had earlier this month. Today is forcast to be “mostly sunny, with a high near 51 and with northwest wind between 9 and 13 mph,” according to NOAA.gov. But, tonight there is “a chance of rain after midnight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 34,” and there is a 50 percent chance of precipitation.

2. The WPCA will no longer offer discounted rates to customers who want to fill their pools this summer. Traditionally the WPCA would take special orders and offer discounts to pool owners but that will not continue because it was costing the department money.

“This is also an inexact process, because this didn’t account for Ledyard’s cost to treat the water or cover any of Ledyard’s operating overhead," said chairman Bill Saums. “Since we may not be covering our costs on every gallon we sell now, it’s hard to justify offering any discount at all, let alone a discount that doesn’t include our basic costs.  And, responding to each request just adds to the workload of the office staff resulting in overtime or comp time.”

Saums said pool owners have the option of buying water at competitive rates from local pool water companies and/or using town water; but not at the reduced rate.

3. Inner Visions announced the 2012 winners of their annual contest:

• Best Poem: “Of Wonder” by Callie Bateman
• Best Short Story: “Daddy’s Bucket” by Callie Bateman
• Best Drawing: "This is Who I Am" by Sarah Heikkinen
• Best Photograph I : any subject: untitled photo by Madison Curcuro
• Best Photograph II: Landscape: “Rocky Oasis” by Sarah Heikkinen

The winners of each of these categories will receive an amazon.com gift card and prizewinners will have their work featured in the school’s showcase in the month of May and in the 2012 print magazine and on the Inner Visions website.

4. Are you thinking about spring cleaning? Check out . She gives some helpful tips for getting kids involved in housework and, you won’t believe this…they actually like it and they do it for free.

5. There have been some more entries for the and it’s not too late to enter! Just stock up on those pink, yellow and light blue marshmallow treats this weekend and arrange them into a scene…at the Ledyard Fair for instance, or maybe Peeps could be seen at  tomorrow’s egg hunt.