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We live on the beautiful Quimper Peninsula, surrounded by water. Yet as an area we have a failing, rusty, shabby pool to teach kids how to swim and keep seniors moving and others fit.
After a career in Public Health, it is very clear to see some things are basic infrastructure that improve health outcome.: Sewers, clean water, safe roadways, community centers… a
swimming pool. Sadly I have served on several committees trying to build a pool here, starting in 1990. Several partnerships between the city and county, private endowments etc. have
all failed. Building a pool here has been stalled here for years by risk adverse leaders. Forks built a pool after a similar process in two years.
I use the pool three times a week for one class that has an average of 30 people.Over a third of the class members come from Marrowstone and Hadlock. The swim teams over the years did
included other school districts.
The YMCA of Jefferson has agreed to offer all Jefferson Co school districts free swimming lessons. Drowning has been the largest cause of death for young children.. these are preventable
tragedies.
If you have lingering doubts, please review the community process from this year.
Please allow this to go for a vote of the people. Show some vision for the future.
Jean Baldwin RN, ARNP
Former director of Jefferson County Public Health
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