FAYETTEVILLE -- The Wilson Park Pool opens for another season June 5 with the first of four "dive-in" movies.
"Toy Story 3" will be shown on a big screen atop the pool house at dusk. Gates open at 7:15 p.m. Admission is free.
Other dive-in movies include "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" (June 26); "The Lego Movie" (July 17); and "Big Hero 6" (Aug. 7). The movies are being paid for in part by the Fayetteville Firefighters Association.
The municipal swimming pool, 675 Park Ave., is open through Aug. 16. Hours are:
Monday
• Noon to 1 p.m. -- Adult lap swim
• 1 to 8 p.m. -- Open swim
Tuesday through Friday
• 10 a.m. to noon -- Swimming lessons
• Noon to 1 p.m. -- Adult lap swim
• 1 to 5 p.m. -- Open swim
• 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. -- Adult lap swim and swimming lessons
• 7 to 8 p.m. -- Family swim
Saturday and Sunday
• 1 to 6 p.m. -- Open swim
Admission is $2 per day for children 15 years old and younger and $3 per day for adults. Children younger than age 7 must be accompanied by a person 16 or older.
Season passes are $45 for children, $65 for adults and $125 for families.
Swimming lessons are offered in two-week increments June 16 through Aug. 7. Each session costs $40. Minimum class size is four students. All classes are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The pool can be rented for special functions.
For more information, call 479-442-2641 or the Parks and Recreation Department at 479-444-3471, or go online to fayetteville-ar.gov/483/Wilson-Pool.
The Wilson Park Pool opened to the public May 1, 1927, according to research by Jerry Hogan, a historian. Wilson Park was privately owned, first by a man named A.L. Trent and then by Noah Drake, the namesake for the city's executive airport. Drake sold the park to the city for $16,000 in 1944, according to newspaper reports. Before a pool was built, Trent's Pond was a popular swimming hole on the property.
NW News on 05/26/2015