Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Verner hoped to wait on pool fees

  May 16, 2009 in City on Page B6 The Spokane Park Board should have delayed swim fees on kids at least until next year, Spokane Mayor Mary Verner said Friday. “I thought it would just be better timing …

• Kids must pay to play in pools

    May 15, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s long history of free swimming for kids is over. The Spokane Park Board on Thursday voted to impose a fee of $1 a visit on swimmers younger than 18, … 5

• Our View: Swimming should remain free for children

  May 7, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 A recorded phone message at the Spokane Parks Department says that under the “best-case scenario,” Cannon and Shadle Park swimming pools could be ready for use by Aug. 1. With …

• New pool-fee plan could make splash

    May 6, 2009 in City on Page A5 To Willie H. Richey, charging swim fees in public pools wasn’t the way to solve park budget shortfalls. “Let us not get too shortsighted and slap the poor in the … 3