IT'S WAY COOL BEAT THE HEAT WITH A DIP IN THE POOL.All across the Valley, community pools are popular spots for the young and young at heart to stay cool during the hot summer months. The pools, which are operated by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Department of Recreation and Parks, are visited by hundreds of thousands of Valley residents annually. Some pools offer extra fun ways to get drenched drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. , such as water slides, diving boards and splash areas. At the North Hollywood pool, there's a splash area with creative features such as dragons Amicale Sportive Dragons is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. Their home games are played at Stade 24 Septembre. In the past, the club was also called Amicale Sportive Bilima. , snakes and trees that shoot water onto passers-by. The pool was also where a new program called Operation Splash kicked off on June 23. Operation Splash, created in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , offers free swim lessons and will fund keeping some pools open for about two weeks after Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. this year. Complete story on Page 8 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Alfredo Hernandez gets soaked by a water-spewing dragon in the splash area at the North Hollywood pool. Juan Carlos Chan/Special to the Valley News |
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