Category: Swimming Pools
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With pools closed for the summer, swimmers head to ponds and swimming holes
Many public pools have already closed for the season, but temperatures in the 90s had people heading to local ponds.
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Decapitated wolf head left in public swimming pool in Spain amid row over sheep killings
Police in northern Spain launched an investigation after a dead wolf’s head and tail were left in a public swimming pool in a protest by farmers over attacks by wolves on their livestock. The Guardia Civil’s wildlife protection unit is trying to find out who dumped the grisly remains at an open-air pool in the village of…
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Michael Phelps helps debut ‘crystal lagoon’ in Humble
No need for people in this Humble community to plan a weeklong beach trip. White sand, palm trees, and crystal clear water are just down the street. The man-made feature holds 5 million gallons of water, “This is the first crystal lagoon in Texas,” Said Uri Man, a consultant for the project. It took about…
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How a Hollywood star in a swimming pool helped save Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel
“It saved the hotel from World War II,†Bob Tagatz said of the Williams’ movie. During those lean war years, the Grand Hotel faced the same dismal predicament shared by many resorts: A long-term lack of paying guests. The war years saw the hotel’s business drop 90 percent. Perhaps the darkest day came when 400…
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After 55 years, Fairfax Swim Club to close
For decades, the Fairfax Swim Club has been an important part of Fairfax. But unless it can raise a lot of money, it will be gone in September.
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Edmonton swimming pool without salt or chlorine draws lineups
A new naturally filtered swimming pool in Edmonton is bringing in long lines of swimmers. The pool uses plants, zooplankton and granite instead of chlorine or salt to filter its emerald-green water.
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2 Million Dollar Doomsday Bunker Rocks a Swimming Pool
In the middle of rural Kansas, armed security patrol the entrance to a doomsday bunker that’s reserved for the wealthy elite and sales are booming. Inside Edition headed deep below the surface of the Earth and into an underground bunker like no other. Larry Hall, the owner of the Survival Condo Project says, “Since the…