Sunday, April 3, 2016

The Lake Worth Municipal pool at the BEACH!: There is great news and some bad news

For reasons explained below the Lake Worth pool is closed (Sunday, 4/3) and will let you know when it reopens.

First the great news: Sally Welsh will be taking over as the Pool Manager on April 18th. Several times a week I take her pool exercise class and everyone should give a it a try some day. It's a lot of fun. Here's a video of what you can expect:
Now for the bad news: Apparently, it would seem, a baby or toddler wasn't wearing pool diapers and the pool will be closed for 24 hours due to health concerns:
If you're interested in the subject of the City's municipal pool, I'd like to bring you up to speed on a few things. A few weeks ago, on a Saturday, the pool was closed due to a staffing issue. This happens sometimes when more than one lifeguard is ill or is on vacation. The first priority is to protect people on the beach and those that swim in the ocean. If there is a shortage of staff the pool is closed for the day. This is a rare event.  

There continues to be that small cadre of malcontents spreading rumors about the pool being closed down. This is completely false. But some people will believe it because the pool was shut down once before by a previous city commission on the pretense that the upkeep was too expensive. This move occurred in October of 2010:
The City has been investing money and time at the pool area. They recently installed metal-halide lights to accommodate swim teams. If you go, check out the brand new fence that encloses the northern and western sides of the pool. At the south end of the pool there is a small area where the marcite is delaminating. I'm told this is cosmetic and efforts are being made to address it.

For more information about the pool, hours of operation and the cost, use this link.