From food to fun, activity increasing across the Valley

EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE A lifeguard watches over swimmers at Willamalane Park Swim Center in Springfield on Tuesday afternoon.

After a long freeze, recreation centers are dipping a toe back into the water.

Lane County last week reduced its COVID-19 risk category to “moderate,” allowing half-capacity at recreation sites. Joshua Norton, pool manager at Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center in Cottage Grove, said the best thing about reopening the pool is “having life in the facility…