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Article: Municipal water parks are making a big SPLASH
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2001
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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 ...