Caitlin Sabatino watches as her daughter gives operating a backhoe a try at the Williams Lake Public Works open house on May 27. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Mason, from left, and Chloe Brown waiting their turn to try out the backhoe at the Williams Lake Public works open house on May 27 in their safety vests and hard hats. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Williams Lake electrician Chad Enns was giving Robert Smith a ride in his electrician’s bucket at the public works open house on May 27. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
The Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society was helping with some Water Wise education information at the public works open house on May 27. Amanadah Cullum, Vanessa Moberg and Jenny Howell are all the with organization helping keep conservation top of mind for area residents. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
A water cycle model used by the Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society in their Water Wise education which they take to schools and public events. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Gemma and Lucas Landreville enjoy some freezies courtesy of public works staff at the Williams Lake Public Works open house on May 27. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Jeremy Reid, irrigation technician, from left, and Wanetta Fehr, parks foreman and gardener, were two of the Williams Lake city staff at the public works open house on May 27, 2023. The pair were handing out flowers, bubbles and freezies for young visitors to the Saturday event. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Owen Sabatino found some shade to hang out in while his parents chatted at the Williams Lake Public Works open house on May 27. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Aria Feddema, left, and her sister Annie Feddema, were enjoying getting to check out grandpa Bill Page’s fire truck at the Williams Lake Public Works open house May 27, 2023. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)It was a warm and sunny day in the public works yard in Williams Lake on Saturday, May 27, as families had a chance to bring children down to get a close up look at some of what the city does.
Public works was holding an open house at their works yard, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and not only could children get up close and touch some of the equipment, some even got to give them a try.
Children had a chance to go up in the bucket truck used by public works electrician Chad Enns and some had a turn at trying out sitting in an excavator. There was all manner of equipment, from a snow blower to a zamboni, plus bubbles and flowers to plant.
Inside the building there were snacks and cool drinks to help beat the heat and freezies were also being handed out to keep things cool
It is the first open house public works had hosted in a number of years, and the young visitors in attendance appeared to be enjoying the chance to experience a day in the public works yard with all of the life-sized Tonka toys you could dream of.
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