The 60-year-old swimming pool at Mentor’s Eleanor B. Garfield Park will soon be home to a new splash pad feature. Originally constructed in the early 1960s, the pool has served generations of Mentor residents. However, it was closed in 2020 due to the pandemic and has remained closed since due to an ongoing lifeguard shortage, […]
There are pools open. there are spray grounds open, cooling centers made available to people. there are a number of people at agencies just responding to anything that they can to make sure people don t succumb to this heat. one of the things that the city is advising people to do is of course limit their time outdoors and avoid direct exposure, if you re not in a body of water, making sure you wear that loose clothing and of course making sure you stay hydrated. we got done speaking with the parks and rec department about their pool safety. turns out there was a pretty big lifeguard shortage earlier in the season. the city says they now have all lifeguards in place at their 50 or so pools. the goal is to have all 60 pools in the city open by the end of the summer. they were able to raise some money to make sure these lifeguards got a bonus for the first time ever. so a lot of incentives to make sure they are fully and adequately staffed when conditions are this brutal. we re told a fe