Category: Swimming Pools
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Guests Sickened After Using Ohio Hotel Swimming Pool | ABC News
Authorities believe a carbon monoxide leak may be to blame.
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Staffing Shortage at Portland Parks & Recreation Shuts Down Swim Lesson Program | KPTV FOX 12 Oregon
It takes a village to run Portland Parks & Recreation’s swim lesson program. Story: https://bit.ly/3Aw4C7T
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Portland Parks & Recreation Suspends Swim Lessons Due to Staffing Shortage | KGW News
The city of Portland is looking to hire hundreds of swim teachers and lifeguards between now and the summer. KGW’s Katherine Cook reports.
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Dozens Plunge Into the New Year at McMurtrey Aquatic Center | KGET News
Dozens of residents took a frigid dip into the water at McMurtrey Aquatic Center to celebrate the new year. Participants took a ride down a slide into the icy water, then swam 25 yards. Some jumped right in before getting back to dry land for some much-needed hot chocolate. The City of Bakersfield Parks and…
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Oceanic Swimming Pool in Cape Verde Aims to Produce Future Champions | Africanews
In Cape Verde swimming and the sea go hand in hand. Up until recently, everyone learned to swim in the sea but that has recently changed. The oceanic swimming pool in the island of São Vicente opened to the public last August. Teachers and schools hope this swimming will produce future champions. Read Africanews
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Pool Companies Giving New Swimming Pool to Grandmother After Collapse | WTHR
Kitty Smith spent one summer in her new dream backyard before tragedy struck, turning her swimming pool into a pile of rubble.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps Comes to Boise for Aquatic Center Fundraiser | KTVB
On Tuesday night, Michael Phelps spoke with KTVB Sports Director Jay Tust at the Boise Centre to help raise money for construction on the Greater Boise Aquatic Center (GBAC). GBAC will be a state-of-the-art swimming complex built in southeast Boise with year-round Olympic-style pools. Having an aquatic center of such size in the City of…
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Inspector General Reports Detail Culture of Abuse Within Aquatics Department at Chicago Park District | WGN9
Two Inspector General reports detail a culture of abuse, humiliation and harassment within the aquatics department at the Chicago Park District. The reports said underage victims were given alcohol by other lifeguards at after-hours parties. In some cases, sexual assaults occurred. In others, attempts were made. In all of the cases, the victims reported being…