we re going to have 80% of the staff we need. we re hopeful we ll get to 80% of the pools that were able to open. a shortage of workers is forcing some summer staples like community pools to stay closed. the concerns that could lead to a rise in violence. thank you for joining us this sunday, june 19th. juneteenth. happy father s day to all the dads out there. kristin, great to be with you as always. great to be with you, boris. they resisted pressure from donald trump to help overturn the 2020 election results. state officials will share their stories with the nation before the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection.
Opening day is approaching for many community pools across the Front Range, which means employees are busy right now applying the final touches. With those high expectations comes a reality out of their hands a lifeguard staffing shortage.
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black kids to learn how to swim. black kids drown twice as much as any other ethnic group. they got rid of the community pools because they didn t want the races mixing. they filled the pool either with concrete or with dirt where i grew up because they didn t want people mixing. that s one reason why a lot of black kids didn t learn how to swim in the 50s and 60s. right. because the only thing they were able to do was play in the fire hydrants. sometimes they would sneak into the pools late at night, and that s how our kids started drowning. whenever i hear that people can t swim, it makes me sad, and it also infuriates me because i know somewhere along the way that they didn t have someone like coach fute who took them under their wing to teach them how to swim. there you go! and i immediately want to get in the pool with them and teach them. probably around 13 years old i