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Ah, summer! When chlorine-scented water
and eager young bodies collide in
splashes, yells, some coordinated
swimming and a lot of fun.
Wake Forest’s public pool in
Holding Park will open for the 2007
season on Saturday, May 26.
There will be a restricted
schedule, weekends only, through Sunday,
June 10. From then through Aug. 26 the
pool will be open every day for swimming
by the general public as well as swim
lessons, lap swim times, parent-child
swim times, and water aerobics.
The open swim times in the
50-meter pool are 1 to 6 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. The cost is $1 for children
2 and under, $3 for children from 3 to
12 and $4 for everyone over the age of
13.
Open swim passes for
individuals are now for sale at town
hall at $40 per person for Wake Forest
residents and $65 per person for those
living outside the town limits.
The schedule for swim
lessons will be available May 21.
Classes will be offered for pre-schoolers
and beginners. Registration will begin
June 4 at town hall. The fee is $35 for
town residents, $70 for out-of-town
residents.
Passes for parent-toddler
swim are available at $30 per pass for
one parent and up to two children 4 and
younger. The swim times will be from
noon to 1 p.m. Monday throughSaturday.
Passes for the lap swims are
for individuals only and cost $30. The
lap swim times are noon to 1 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Water aerobics are scheduled
for Monday and Wednesday from 8 to 8:45
p.m., and the fee is $35. There will be
two sessions: June 11 through July 11
and July 16 through Aug. 8.
For more information about the Holding
Park Pool programs, call Edward Austin,
the athletic coordinator for the Wake
Forest Parks and Recreation Department,
at 554-6183. |
