Swimmers taking a break from strokes in the water will rest comfortably around the Hamilton pool courtesy of funding for chaise lounge chairs from the Warsaw Lions Club. Hamilton Mayor, Bocephus Casey, who accepted a check from the Lions for $2,500 on Tuesday, Aug. 13, noted that the pool is “21 years old now, going on 22,” and there were “beautiful chaise lounge pool chairs for the longest time,” but they were plastic and the combination of chlorine and the sun caused them to crack over time.
The Hamilton Park Board disposed of the deteriorating chairs until “the next thing you know, we had none. And it was a real problem,” he said. “People were complaining and the Lions Club said, ‘We will buy you 18 new pool chairs.
’ And that’s exactly what happened.” Casey is pleased that “next year, we’re going to have 18 new pool chairs around the pool. Thanks to the Lions Club, which is about the only club around still doing good things because they’re a real club.
” Casey continued, “The Girl Scouts in Hamilton have disbanded. The Boy Scouts have disbanded. There’s no Lions Club in Hamilton.
The Kiwanis is down to two people, so, basically, they’re going to disband. Church groups are going away.” Groups are “going away and the only one around that I know about that’s just still kicking and strong is the Lions Club,” he stated.
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