Public pools open for summer

Thu., June 12, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Spokane’s five outdoor public swimming pools will open to the public on Monday and continue on a six-day-a-week schedule through Aug. 22.

Open public swimming sessions at all of the pools are from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 1 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays. Family swim is held in the evenings. The morning hours are reserved for lessons, lap swim and team practice, depending on the pool.

This is the last year that the existing pools will be used. A park bond measure approved in 2007 is bringing construction of six replacement pools starting late this summer. Completion is expected in time for the 2009 pool season.

The existing facilities are Witter Pool, East Mission Avenue and Upriver Drive; Liberty Pool, Fifth Avenue and Pittsburg Street; Hillyard Pool, Columbia Avenue and Market Street; Comstock Pool, 29th Avenue and Howard Street; and Cannon Pool, Maxwell Avenue and Elm Street.

Children 17 and younger are admitted free. Admission for adults is $2.

Manito Park

Lilac grove in peak condition

Cool June weather may not be good for some parts of the garden, but the lack of heat has put the lilac grove at Manito Park in peak condition. The lilac garden, located southwest of the duck pond in a cool clearing among tall pine trees, is a great place to visit right now.

Blooms on many of the lilacs were just starting to open last week. There are dozens of varieties in different shapes and sizes. Even some of the earlier varieties that were speeded up during a late-May heat wave still had some flowers.

The garden features several different species of plants and varieties that are the result of cross-breeding, which is done extensively in lilac cultivation.

Emerson/Garfield

Mead High holds 10-year reunion

Mead High School Class of 1998 will celebrate its 10-year reunion at The Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St., on Aug. 16.

The reunion will allow former Mead students to reconnect with old friends and enjoy dinner, drinks and music.

The event includes a charity raffle, and all proceeds from tickets sold will benefit the Spokane Smiles Organization.

For more information, go online to www.mead1998. myevent.com.

Whitman

Council moves meeting place

While Whitman Elementary School is closed during the summer, the Whitman Neighborhood Council will move its meeting location. The new location will be Fire Station 15, 2120 E. Wellesley Ave., and the Council will meet there from June to August, the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

All who live, own property, and/or operate a business within the boundaries of Crestline and Perry to the west and east and between Francis and Wellesley to the north and south, are encouraged to attend the Council meetings and get involved with their neighborhood.

Contact Luke Tolley at 475-3509 or e-mail luke.tolley@gmail.com for more information.

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