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Aquatic center terms

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DUMP BUCKET/TIPPING BUCKET/TUMBLE BUCKET

These play elements come in a few varieties. In large, interactive playgrounds, they fill with upwards of 500 gallons of water, which dumps on people below. There also are smaller types that fill up with a gallon or so of water before dumping.

LAZY RIVER/LEISURE RIVER

A winding channel of water that uses pumps to create a slow current to pushes people along

Look before you leap

There may be a gator lurking in your backyard pool. Check out this report (with photo) from Tampa: "It seems the medium-sized gator had grown tired of murky swamp water and decided to take up residence in cleaner water at a pool in Hernando County north of Tampa."

Dogs and water

Does your lab like to jump in the backyard pool? This is how that passion can lead to glory and riches.

Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers bought a house with a backyard pool in Atlanta, but he filled in the pool and tore down the house.

FL governor, lap swimmer

What's the first job for the new governor of Florida, Charlie Crist? As this AP report in The Naples News tells us, Crist got right out of bed and swam 20 laps in the backyard pool at the governor's mansion.

Excerpt: “They say it’s set at 80 degrees. I’m not so sure that’s true,” Crist said as he stepped into the water, which sent a light fog drifting into the crisp air that hovered just below the 50-degree mark. He completed 20 laps and emerged dripping and much more awake. “Now it’s cold.”

SUV found in PA pool

From The Patriot-News police roundup:

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

UPPER ALLEN TWP.

SUV found in pool

"A family found an interesting item in their backyard pool yesterday. Police said that about 10 a.m., a resident of the 2600 block of Allen Glen Drive discovered a sport utility vehicle in the swimming pool. The pool had been installed recently and was not filled with water. Police said the SUV was reported stolen out of Mechanicsburg yesterday morning."