{"id":86927,"date":"2025-06-02T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=86927"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:03:44","slug":"hays-aquatic-park-opens-for-summer-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=86927","title":{"rendered":"Hays Aquatic Park opens for summer fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By RORY MOORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hays Aquatic Park opened its doors on Saturday as the school year came to a close for Summer. Families went to the park to enjoy opening day with its pools, water slides, lazy river and diving boards, while older swimmers relaxed on the poolside lounge chairs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"792\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-86929\" data-id=\"86929\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-of-13-2.jpg?resize=790%2C792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-of-13-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1022%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1022w, 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swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"545\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-86931\" data-id=\"86931\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?resize=790%2C545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C706&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?resize=370%2C255&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?resize=150%2C103&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?resize=768%2C530&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1059&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?resize=2048%2C1413&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-of-13-1.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Younger swimmers swim during the Summer break from school. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"571\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-86932\" data-id=\"86932\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1.jpg?resize=790%2C571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C740&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?resize=360%2C260&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C108&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C555&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1109&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1479&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lifeguards observe a diver. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Admissions for children aged two and under are free, while admissions for children three and older are $5.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re open 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. seven days a week,\u201d Aquatics Director Grant Lacy said. \u201cWe\u2019re a fun place to come, and it\u2019s a nice, family-friendly facility. All ages are welcome here, but one of our rules this summer is that kids ages nine and under must be accompanied by an adult 16 or older to enter the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lacy encourages all people, no matter how old, to visit the park and stay cool with some splashy entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of energy and effort to make this place work,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a large team of lifeguards, admissions, concessions workers, maintenance workers and swim lesson instructors who make this place operate, and I\u2019m proud of them all and the work they do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hays Aquatic Park will operate until August 16, but is subject to change based on the USD 489 school schedule. More information can be found at https:\/\/www.haysrec.org\/aquatic-park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RORY MOORE Tiger Media Network The Hays Aquatic Park opened its doors on Saturday as the school year came to a close for Summer.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":86930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3397,11],"tags":[16259,1521,15700,1336],"class_list":["post-86927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-news","category-news","tag-aquatic-park","tag-hays-aquatic-park","tag-rory-moore","tag-summer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10-of-13-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1983&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86934,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86927\/revisions\/86934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}