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Pleasant Valley Playgroup President Sheree Stout had to cancel Monday’s playgroup meeting over frozen pipes. She is with her daughter Eleanor Stout, 2.
When the water freezes in the plumbing at the Pleasant Valley Playgroup, it usually thaws before everyone arrives, but that wasn’t the case on Monday.
Playgroup president Sheree Stout said the pipes had frozen about twice in the last three years she was in charge.
“They usually thaw when everyone gets there,” said Stout.
She said because there was no running water, the playgroup had to be canceled according to the Department of Education’s guidelines that a playgroup or early childhood education center must have running water.
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Stout said it was about minus 4 degrees Celsius at her home in Winchester on Monday, and she estimated the temperature in the School Rd playgroup would probably have been minus 5 degrees Celsius.
Valentina Bellomo / stuff
Pleasant Valley Playgroup’s pipes were frozen on Monday, forcing the weekly session to be canceled.
The group has about 15 families in their books and meets every Monday.
According to MetService, the temperature in Timaru on Monday at 10 a.m. was minus 0.6 ° C and only rose to 5 ° C at 12 p.m.
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