Ten-year-old Mercedes Hall, bottom, rushes down the water slide at Mae Simmons Pool Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was the first day public pools in Lubbock were open. Tuesday, June 02, 2009 (Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Nine-year-old CJ Hawthorne, right, flows down the water slide at Mae Simmons Pool Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was the first day public pools in Lubbock were open. Tuesday, June 02, 2009 (Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
