Hi, my name is Jen Fletcher marketing supervisor for Des, Moines parks and recreation. It's hard to believe the years coming to a close. We've got so many ways to stay busy in December and January. We can help out with your holiday shopping, stop by our office at 3226, University Avenue and pick up two gift certificates for pool passes or shelters grades like boat rentals, make great stocking stuffers we're open Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm, looking for a way to save on your taxes by donating to a worthy cause.

Consider helping the Friends of Des Moines parks, the Friends of how thousands of children learn to swim, build trails as well as funded amenities like the easy launch at grayslake to donate or to join. Please visit, www or more information. Just a reminder. When des moines receives a minimum snowfall of four uniformed inches sledding is offered at waveland and bright Grandview golf courses. The clubhouses will be available for aust letters for announcements about one the sledding hills are open. Please make sure to check our facebook and twitter.

If skating is more your thing, we've got you covered there too. Brenton skating, plaza is open daily for skating for more information on ours, lessons Reynolds and more. Please visit www com. In addition, there are three neighborhood ponds utilized for ice skating located at greenwood park, Lecrae park and winter park des moines parks and recreation uses. A flag system indicate availability for public skating on v3 ponds. A green flag indicates that ice depth and conditions are safe. A red flag indicates that conditions are not suitable for public skating.

If no plague is displayed, the public should assume conditions are not saved. We ask that the public keep off the ice and water at each pond when there is no flag displayed or if the flag is red. When these bonds are open for skating, it is unsupervised and available free of charge during normal park, our sunrise to sunset come outside to see who is keeping busy this winter at the new owl was in the city of it join us at Grandview parks and clothes, shelter january fourteenth, starting at 630pm.

We will begin inside the shelter and discuss the owls that live in iowa and what is special about them. You will have a chance to see a live, screech owl up, close and SPECT some owl items and ask questions. Then we will put on our coats and boots and go outside to look for owls that live in the wild program is free and open to the public. The annual snowball softball tournament is back coed games. We played on saturday January, 25th and sunday january.

Twenty six games for the men's division will be played on saturday februari first and sunday februari. Second, the entry fee is $105 14 and registration and January 17 check the dates on the screen for other winter sports registration deadlines or visit our website at WWDC org watch your mailbox in the coming weeks for your 2014 di'ja park, permit for just twenty dollars a you and your dog can access three Des Moines dog parks for more information on rules permits an hour. Please visit www arcs.

Are you planning a wedding, graduation, family reunion or other special event in 2014? You have so many great locations, some of which are already starting to fill up with cooking. Please visit our website or call our office at 237 1386 to make your reservation today. Keep up with us online check us out on facebook, twitter and instagram. The entire Parks and Recreation Department would like to thank the citizens and visitors who use a park, trail, shelter, pool tennis, court dog park, wading pool or any other mendy in our park system this year.

Our team sincerely appreciates the chance to help Des Moines live well play hard and protect the Earth each and every day stay tuned. We've got lots. Plan for 2014 have a safe and happy holiday season.