{"id":131455,"date":"2020-05-21T17:02:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=131455"},"modified":"2020-05-21T17:03:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T22:03:16","slug":"ymca-delays-aqua-park-summer-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/05\/21\/ymca-delays-aqua-park-summer-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"YMCA delays Aqua Park summer opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YMCA of Van Wert County has made the decision to delay the opening of the Camp Clay Aqua Park and splash pad until state guidelines are available on outdoor aqua parks and splash pads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YMCA-logo-3-2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74269\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have been excited to serve our communities and families as we got closer to summer,\u201d said Camp Clay Director Kevin Morrison. \u201cUnfortunately, we will not have the guidelines released by our set opening date of Saturday, May 23.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morrison said the opening will be postponed until the YMCA receives guidelines from the state and the aqua park is able to be compliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to be able to offer the youth and families of Van Wert County and beyond the safest experience possible in our outdoor park,\u201d the director added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morrison said the Summer Day Camp programs starting June 1 for county youths ages 6-14 will be offered under Ohio\u2019s day camp guidelines, while the hewn log cabin can also be rented under Ohio\u2019s campground guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone wanting to participate in either program can call 419.238.9789 or email Morrison at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kevin@vwymca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"kevin@vwymca.org (opens in a new tab)\">kevin@vwymca.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morrison said the YMCA is hopeful it will be able to open the Aqua Park this summer, noting that those interested should check the YMCA\u2019s Facebook page for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The YMCA of Van Wert County has made the decision to delay the opening of the Camp Clay Aqua Park and splash pad until state guidelines are available on outdoor aqua parks and splash pads. \u201cWe have been excited to serve our communities and families as we got closer to summer,\u201d said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 06:14:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}