What to expect at pools across Kentucky, Indiana this summer
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Updated: 9:17 AM EDT May 26, 2021
Mark Vanderhoff
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Updated: 9:17 AM EDT May 26, 2021
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BRINGS US MORE. WE’RE SET TO OPEN THIS SATURDAY AND AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WITH OUR FACILITY. KIND OF GETTING EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW READY TO GO GET THE LAST TOUCHES PUT TOGETHER AND WE’RE EXCITED FOR A GREAT SEASON FOR THE CLARKSVILLE COVE FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER. IT’S BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL THIS SUMMER NOW THAT INDIANA GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB HAS LIFTED NEARLY ALL COVID-19 MANDATES. IT’S THE SAME AT THE JEFFERSONVILLE AQUATIC CENTER, AND WE’RE STILL GONNA ENCOURAGE SOCIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CHAIRS AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU COME GET YOUR TICKET WHEN YOU COME IN AND THEN IN THE CONCESSION STAND BECAUSE IT IS MORE OF AN CROWDED AREA. SO SOCIAL DISTANCE THERE AND CONCESSION STANDING MASKS ARE NOT REQUIRED, BUT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED WHILE INDIANA’S POOLS DON’T HAVE ANY COVID RELATED RESTRICTIONS KENTUCKY’S DO BUT THAT’S NOT EXPECTED TO INTERFERE TOO MUCH WITH THE FUN. KENTUCKY POOLS ARE AT 50% CAPACITY NOW GOING UP TO 75% ON FRIDAY THEN 100% JUNE 11TH METRO LOUISVILLE’S OUTDOOR POOLS WILL OFFER TWO TIMES SLOTS. UNTIL TWO AND THREE TO FIVE TO ALLOW FOR CLEANING IN BETWEEN THERE’S NO RESERVATION. SO IT FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. WE’LL GIVE EVERYBODY A BRACELET IF THEY WERE IN THE 12 TO 2 SESSION. AND WE’RE NOT MAXED OUT WITH A LINE. WE’RE GONNA LET THEM COME BACK IN AT NO, NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, BUT SOME POOLS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME HIRING LIFE GUARDS, INDIANA SHORT ALL AROUND KENTUCKY SHORT, AND IT’S DO BECAUSE MOST LIFEGUARDS DIDN’T GET TO WORK LAST YEAR AND THEY LET THEIR CERTIFICATIONS THIS FAR SOME POOLS SUCH AS THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ARE ASKING GUESTS TO RESERVE A TIME UNTIL THE CAPACITY LIMITS ARE LIFTED THE SPLASH PAD AT WATERFRONT PARK IS ALREADY OPEN AND THE PLAINVIEW SWIM CENTER OPENED LAST WEEKEND. I THINK IT’S GONNA BE VERY BUSY. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GLAD TO GET OUT. GLAD TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF NORMALCY IS WHAT WE HEAR