Swim lessons for metro children

Health officials encourage parents to enroll their children in swim lessons to help prevent the number of drowning incidents this summer.

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 2:53 pm

By: News 9


By Lisa Spinelli, News9.com

At least three children have been injured or killed in pools during the last week in the Oklahoma City-metro area.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health Web site notes 220 children under the age of 15, between 1999 and 2003, were injured in submerging incidents. Of those 220 children, 77 were killed as a direct result of being submerged.

Health officials encourage parents to enroll their children in swimming lessons to help prevent children from drowning.

The following is a list of pools in the Oklahoma City area that offer eight swim lessons for $20:

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  • Earlywine Aquatic Center, SW 119 St. and S May Ave.
  • Will Rogers Family Aquatic Centers, 3201 N Grand Ave.
  • Woodson Pool, 3405 S May Ave.
  • Northeast Pool Hours, 1220 NE 33 St.
  • Macklanburg Pool, 11700 N Stratford Dr.
  • Schilling Pool, 537 SE 25 St.
  • Carson Pool, 8303 S Villa Ave.
  • Douglass Pool, 901 N Carverdale Dr.
  • Minnis Lakeview Pool, 12518 NE 36 St.
  • Foster Indoor Pool, 614 NE 4 St.

For more information, like operating hours and cost of parent admission, visit Oklahoma City pools.

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