On Center
by BRENDA STEWART

Finally downtown is coming back to life. It seemed like everything kind of ground to a halt a couple of weeks ago and everyone was just passing through with their windows sealed tight and their phones smashed up to their heads. Luckily, Friday night is movie night just west of downtown in Gregg-Clarke Park. This month the feature is “Shorts”, a fantasy about a freak storm, a mysterious magical rock and misadventure. The 90-minute show starts at 8:30 p.m. so grab a blanket, your kids and their friends and head down to the park for an evening of free fun and community camaraderie.

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And summer must be right around the bend because the Kyle Pool opens for the season this Saturday. It looks like pool hours will be noon to 6 p.m. during the week and 1-5 p.m. on the weekends (closed on Mondays – except this coming Monday, which is Memorial Day and the kids will be out of school in observance so they will open the pool from 1-5 p.m.). It just costs a buck to get in if you are younger than 13 or older than 55, two bucks for 13 to 17-year-olds and a whopping $3 for the rest of us. Or you can spring for a season pass for unlimited admission all summer long or a punch card that buys you 12 swims for the price of 10.

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And as a final farewell to spring and a big hello to three months of running amok, the local kiddos will be saying goodbye to the school year next Thursday afternoon. It’s been a long year and their heads are going to be in the clouds for a while, so watch out for those crazed grads from every grade level, celebrating their long lost freedom.