Campground
City Park
City Pool
Swimming
Lessons
Munchkinland
Fitness Trail
 Swimming Pool
 Washington
City
Swimming Pool
200 Parkview Lane, Washington, Kansas 66968
Phone:
785-325-3233
(Located three blocks south of Highway 36 on D Street)
The City Crew and other hired contractors
constructed a new pool house in the fall of 2000. The facility features two inside
restrooms, showers, lockers and changing area, a concessions/office area and two
outside restrooms complete with showers. The outside restrooms are accessible to
visitors and campers utilizing the City's park and campsite. The campsite
is located at the south end of the City's park. The facilities are handicapped accessible.
Season ticket prices for the 2008 season will be Family $70 and Single $40.
Single day admission prices will be $2.00 for adults, 18 years and older; $1.50
for 5 to 17 year olds, and under five years is FREE. We will also offer a
Ten-Swim pass at a discount off the daily admission rate. These passes
will be good for ten total swim admissions. The price for a child's ten-swim pass will be $13.00.
The price for an adult's ten-swim pass will be $17.50.
Opening day will be Saturday, May 24, 2008. 2008
Pool Hours: Three foot through twelve foot pool, 1 to 7 p.m. Mondays and
Fridays. An adult swim from 7 to 8 p.m. will be offered on Mondays and
Fridays. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday hours
will be 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. An adult swim will also be offered Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 12-1 p.m. NO CHILD UNDER SIX YEARS OF AGE WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE BIG POOL WITHOUT
SUPERVISION. The
kiddy pool will be open 1 to 8 p.m. seven days a week, and an adult must
accompany the children. THERE IS NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY FOR THAT POOL.
Swimming lessons will
be held July 7-18th with no classes being held on July 4th.
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO AMY HOOVER!!
JULY
Cost is $20 per
child.
Levels 2 and 4 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Levels 1, 3, and 5 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
July
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Level 6 Lifeguard Readiness Cost is $20 (Must have eight people to
have class)
Parent and child
aquatics lessons Level B. Ages 2-4 years. Cost is $7 per child.
7:30-8:00 p.m. Parent must accompany child in water.
For questions concerning swimming lessons please call Amy Hoover at 785-747-2854
or Caroline Yungeberg at 785-325-2284.
July 4 -- 1 to 5 p.m. FREE SWIMMING.
The temperature must be 70
degrees for the pool to open or at manager’s discretion.
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City Park
Washington community builds
state-of-the-art playground
It took $90,000, 42,000 screws, six miles of lumber, 14,000 volunteer hours
and one Kansas community coming together to construct Munchkinland playground
in Washington’s City Park. A coordinating committee, aided by Leathers and
Associates, Inc., worked for more than a year on organizing the construction
of the playground, fund-raising events and gathering donations.
The playground, which has a Kansas/Oz theme, has a poppy field entrance,
Emerald Castle, tornado slide, witches castle, monkey trapeze, tunnels, mazes,
swings, an enclosed play area for toddlers and many other features including
accessibility for the disabled.
"The Wizard of Oz related to Kansas," said Denise Powell,
co-coordinator. "To have the mayor and his wife as former residents of
Washington makes it a fitting theme."
Kenn Young and Jeb Mead, Ithaca, N.Y., were the Leathers’ consultants
here to help with the build. "If the cost of labor were included, the
entire project would cost $250,000," said Young. "While we would like to
have had more volunteers on site, he said the community’s high skill level
compensated well."
Some of the playground’s decorative features include the red poppies at
the entrance, flying monkeys on the witch’s castle, the wicked witch inside
the castle and the Wizard of Oz characters on the playground.
Three shelter houses were constructed in the fall. Stamm Masonry
constructed the brick donor wall and mural soon after. The sidewalk, etched
and stained to resemble the yellow brick road, was completed by Sunflower
Products of Concordia.
Persons wanting to add their name to the donor wall at the playground may
do so at a cost of $125 per brick. Each brick may have up to three lines of
type with each line having no more than 16 characters. For more information
contact Washington City Hall, P.O. Box 296,
Washington, KS 66968 or phone 785.325.2284. Profits will go towards the yearly
maintenance.
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When City
Administrator Tim Schook came to Washington several years ago, from Decatur, Ill., he was told nothing much happens here.
Since then, the school district patrons approved a $3 million bond
issue to finance expansion; the city received a grant to build a new
bath house at the swimming pool to be constructed by the end of 2000;
the industrial site is "booming" with new businesses, and the community pulled together to raise money and build
this new playground.
"The people have spoken out and yes there is something going on
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Photos courtesy of Dave Aufdengarten and Denise Powell.
Munchkinland Fitness Trail.
Construction of the Munchkinland Fitness Trail has been completed. The
trail was funded in part with a grant received from the Topeka-based
Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas. The grant, along with some
memorial money, was used to construct Munchkinland Fitness Trail, a handicap
accessible walking path that begins just south of the KSDS facility and leads
down around the city park.
The trail includes 12
fitness stations located along the path for those individuals who wish to
increase the intensity of their workout. The path also features
lighting in order to enhance the safety and usability of the trail. The
goal of this walking trail is to encourage citizens to remain active and include
some form of exercise in their daily activities.
As part of the grant,
the City of Washington is currently seeking volunteers who would be willing to
participate in a survey on the fitness trail. If you would like to
help with the survey, please contact Caroline Yungeberg at the City of
Washington, 785-325-2284 or via email at
washems@washingtonks.net.
The survey will be completely anonymous, and only the results will be tabulated
and reported. Check back soon for an online link to the survey.
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Washington City Campground
 Campground is located at 1100 D Street in Washington's City Park. There
are 20-30 amp spaces available. Rate is first 72 hours Free-Will-Donation then $10 a day
following.
Amenities include electrical and water hookups, dump site, bathrooms with showers and
drinking water.
For more information contact: Washington City Hall, 301 C Street, Washington, KS
66968; phone 785.325.2284.
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Washington, Kansas