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It will get warmer
Swimming pool readied for season
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With yet another cold front pushing into the area, it may be tough to think about splashing around in Great Bend’s Wetlands Aquatic Center, but the City Council Monday night learned that plans are under way to get the pool facility ready for summer.Paige Achatz will return to supervise the water park during the summer, City Administrator Howard Partington said in his departmental update. They have completed staffing needs for the season and held a meeting with the staff March 28.In the works for this year are all new large umbrellas. The old ones, installed when the park first opened in 2005, have been patched and repaired to the point they need to be replaced.Also new for the summer will be some deck and lounge chairs and new American with Disabilities Act-compliant steps into the pool to meet recent federal regulations regarding handicap access.