Article: Municipal water parks are making a big SPLASH

Municipal water parks are making a big SPLASH

Aging pools give way to fountains, slides, crowds

By DAN BENSON

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Tuesday, August 14, 2001

Cedarburg -- Every other week or so for the last two years, 8- year-old Patrick Kottke of Whitefish Bay makes a big splash here under the watchful eyes of his mother, Carole.

"This is the kind of place you could spend the day if you wanted," Carole Kottke said, gesturing at the water slides, fountains, picnic area and other amenities at the pool, while Patrick frolicked nearby with his friend Isaiah Kaplen, also of Whitefish Bay.

The Kottkes and other visitors from Milwaukee County's North Shore -- "I often run into other people ...

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