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Cascade Post New Emmitsburg Swimming Pool

239 SAL Guns Open for the Summer

and Cash Bash James Rada, Jr.

On Saturday, June 9, 2018,
Cascade Post 239 Sons of American Eliza Phillips the pavilion
Legion held the spring Guns and took one last was treated to
Cash Bash. Over 3,000 tickets were look around remove the bees.
sold, and 1,100 people came to the Emmitsburg The parking lot
enjoy the pulled pork and beef and pool on May 26, was repaved
other picnic fare on the grounds of 2018, and then and repainted.
Fort Ritchie. climbed onto The new pool’s
Drawings for the ticket prizes her lifeguard depths range
took place every fifteen minutes. stand and blew from one foot
Winning ticket holders were M. her whistle to to ten feet. The
Davis, N. Wageman, S. Pryor, signal the new new pool is
Dion, D. Barry, S. Brown, L. Spahr, Emmitsburg pool expected to be
J. Wolfe, J. Ridenour, P. Wiles, was open. Her less expensive to
D. Manspeaker, D. Wagner, K. father, Hamblin, run, primarily
Sanders, S. Wolfe, B. Miller, M. was the first because water
Knott, and T. Webber. person to jump and chemicals
Proceeds benefit The Fisher in. won’t be leaking
House, and SAL’s “Someone in “The water’s from the pool.
Need” fund. The men and women not even cold,” “I’m
of the SAL, the Post, and the he smiled. “This impressed with
Ladies’ Auxiliary worked together is nice.” the parking
for a great cause. He explained Photo by James Rada, Jr. lot,” Phillips
that the water commented.
used to be cold “You used to
We Invite You because there was always a hose come close to bottoming out your
car.”
running into it to keep it filled since
to Share the old pool constantly leaked. RSV Pools is managing the pool.
Your Good News! He was soon joined by adults The company is also introducing

• news@thecatoctinbanner.com • and children who waded in from its SWIMSAFE Program, designed
to help identify unsupervised “non-
the shallow end or jumped off the
diving board. Summer had arrived. swimmers.”
The Emmitsburg Mayor and This year marks Eliza’s third
Commissioners had decided last year working at a pool. She began
year to replace the pool after a her first year as a gate guard for
pressure test showed that it could the Emmitsburg pool. This is her
not be repaired. Also, the beams first year as a lifeguard. Eliza said
beneath the pool were damaged that compared to her first year at
and needed to be replaced. Over the Emmitsburg pool, the new pool
the pool’s forty-five-year life, no looks cleaner and won’t have as
significant work had been done on many issues.
it. Because of the work being done “This is so much nicer than other
to restore the pool, it was not open pools,” Eliza said.
last year. The pool will be open through
Although the new pool’s official Labor Day, noon until 7:00 p.m.
grand opening was June 2, it For more information, please
actually opened for use on May 26. call the Town of Emmitsburg at
Besides a new pool, the pool 301-600-6303 or email anaill@
house has a fresh coat of paint and emmitsburgmd.gov.

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