Monday, July 3, 2017
Poolside Publication
Welcome to Poolside Publication - your main source of news for the Lompoc Aquatic Center!  

We are happy to keep you in the loop on all of our activities here at the center.  

Visit our website for more information on the Aquatic Center and Lompoc Recreation Division.
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Lompoc for the 4th! 
Staff here at the Lompoc Aquatic Center and the Recreation Division would like to wish you a happy and safe Independence Day.

We also wanted to remind you that the  Aquatic Center will be CLOSED  on July 4th.  

But not to worry. There is still the Independence Day Celebration taking place at Huyck Stadium. Tickets will be sold at the door $5.00 for kids and $8.00 for adults. For more information, please call the Anderson Recreation Center at (805) 875-8100.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!  
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Swim Lessons Doesn't Mean Safe
In a recent article published by Slate, an online magazine, a mother blogger points out the risk of assuming swim lessons for infants and toddlers means they are safe from drowning, creating a false sense of security in parents. 

The article notes that parents, especially parents whose children have taken swim lessons, highly overestimated their child's skills. Most importantly parents felt more comfortable taking their eye off their kids because of their presumption of their child's abilities in the water. 

Unfortunately, we see this on daily basis from parents at the Aquatic Center. Parent's allowing their children to enter the water for recreational swim while they sit on the side on their phone. 

Does this mean you shouldn't put your kids in swim lessons? No. In fact, they are supportive of swim lessons, but noted that the only way to prevent your child from drowning is by you watching them. 

Recreation Spotlight
Great American Melodrama 

The Melodrama presents live professional theater with actors from across the United States. It presents top-notch productions of great musicals, comedies and classic melodramas in a lively cabaret setting. The play being shown is Georg M. Cohan’s “The Tavern”. This is a show that guarantees hearty laughs, mystery, and good old-fashioned fun.

Saturday, July 22, 2017 from 5:00PM-11:00PM  $50

For more information, please contact the Anderson Recreation Center (805) 875-8100. 
Lompoc Recreation Division - City of Lompoc