Comments by Steve

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Posted on September 30 at 5:59 a.m.

Hello,
I am married to a gal who grew up in Fergus Falls and still
has her parents, two brothers & their familes, two sisters
& their familes who all reside in Fergus Falls....

We just had a Aquatic Center built here two years ago with
the help of a couple businessmen, who bought the land and
thus donated the land and money to help build it...

We have purchased "family passes" the past two years as we
have a 8 year old son and a 10 year old daughter, thus a
family pass for four has been $100, $ 80 for a family of 3,
and unsure what passes run for a couple or singles...but
our kids and hundreds others are generally there even when
the pool is close to not opening with low outside temper-
atures,etc...I too have spent many afternoons there with my
kids on some of my days off and some I merely took a book or
magazines to read on a lounge chair under the large umbrellas in the shade...

Our police department does on occasion walk through to just
simply check to make sure everyone is under control, besides
the many lifeguards on hand and management from the Park &
Rec. dept...

Many things for the kids to do from infants to adults with
the water slides, to the smaller pool area which goes from
0-12" which has many sunbathers ( college girls & guys ) who
lay along the edges of the pool...Many parents with kids in
swim diapers and I have talked to vistors from all over who
have had great praise for our aquatic center and thus having
a daily rate of $2 per person...Very good price for a relax-
ing afternoon with/ or without kids...Many grandparents thus
including my parents ( mid 70's ) take our kids on occasion
as well...They don't swim, but my dad enjoys just walking
through the water and the large showers to cool off,etc...It
gets him outside and he enjoys the time with his grandkids
here in Brookings...besides he talks about the people he
visits with and sees...

They are redoing out High School pool as well, which is
indoors and I am unsure about what is really going on with
it as I graduated 29 years ago...but swimming lessons have
been available there as well as the city aquatic center...

Steve Swanson ( Kathy "Salwei" Swanson,Hannah,Tyler)
3345 Aspen Avenue
Brookings,SD
57006

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