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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">May 23, 2017</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Tammy Miller, 874-7465
<br />Columbia Parks and Recreation</p>
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<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Parks and Recreation is planning the opening of city pools for the summer. Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center, 1900 Blue Ridge Road, will open on May 27 for Memorial Day weekend. Pool hours for the holiday weekend will be 12 to 5 p.m., all three days.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lake of the Woods Pool, 6700 St. Charles Road; Douglass Family Aquatic Center, 400 N. Providence; and Little Mates Cove, 2500 Chapel Hill Road will open on June 2.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pool fees for the summer vary by facility: at Lake of the Woods Pool and Little Mates Cove, admission is $1.75 for youth between 2 and 15 years of age and $3 for adults 16 and older. Patrons at Douglass Family Aquatic Center pay $1.25 admission and Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center admission is $2.75 for youth between 2 and 15 years of age and $4 for adults 16 and older.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coupon books and aquatic season passes are available as well. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following are pool schedules for the summer. Pool hours are subject to change:</span></p>
<p><strong>Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">-12 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.</span></p>
<p><strong>Lake of the Woods</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">-1 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.</span></p>
<p><strong>Douglass Family Aquatic Center</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">- 1 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.</span></p>
<p><strong>Little Mates Cove at Twin Lakes</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">-11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information, call 573-874-7460.</span></p></div>
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