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Pool problem has area teams seeking new waterWednesday, September 26, 2007Central swimming coach Dayna Powell said Tuesday that she has heard the motor and pump failure at Central Municipal Pool will not be fixed until mid-November, so she has decided to cancel the Cape Rock Invitational on Oct. 6. "At the moment I'm preparing an e-mail to get out to coaches," she said Tuesday evening. "I want the coaches to know right away that we are not going to host that this year and I'm really disappointed about that. But again, we've got a nice facility and sometimes these things happen. But we are disappointed." This fall would have been the fourth year Central hosted the meet, which includes approximately 12 teams from areas such as St. Louis and Springfield. At first, Powell thought about rescheduling it for Oct. 20. But once she heard about the delay, she felt the only option would be to forgo the event. "If we can do something on a temporary basis to get anything going sooner, that's what we are going to do," she said. "But right now, that's what we're are looking at." Dan Muser, Cape Girardeau's Parks and Recreation director, said a new pump was ordered last week. The pool motor and pump were last replaced in 1992, according to a statement from the city. Replacements must be manufactured. Muser said he anticipated the pool being closed for at least 10 weeks, to allow for delivery and installation. He said he does not yet have a figure on how much both pieces and the installation will cost. He said the St. Louis-based Cardinal Pump and a local company, Mid-America Electric Motors, are the companies doing the work. The Tigers swim team is now practicing at the Capaha Park pool, but Powell also said Saint Francis Medical Center's Fitness Plus has made some arrangements for her team starting today. Powell said she is extremely thankful to Fitness Plus for fitting her team in, but she added that the Tigers will receive two lanes, which will not allow all her boys to swim for the complete two hours of practice. "We've been trying to think of a way to get the most use out of that space with the 14 boys we have," she said. "So we're going to probably see a big crunch on the time. They're giving us the facility for two hours, but two lanes. It's just going to be tight for all of us." Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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doesn't the college still have their indoor pool . why can't we borrow it?
SEMO's can't be used because they don't want anyone else using it. High school teams of Jackson, Cape, and Notre Dame, as well as nearly 100 Gators and around 30-35 SEALS are basically without a training facility until mid-December at the earliest. And that will effect the start of the Girls high school season.
That's nearly 200 youth in the region without a training facility. And remember, even if this gets fixed, the bubble itself is being held together by tape.
SEMO doesn't want anyone using their pool because there's no water in it. Parker Pool was closed in 2002 and is now the home of Printing & Duplicating. The new Student Aquatic Center is still under construction and won't open until December.
But word is it will not be open for public use.
The Student Aquatic Center will be open for community members who purchase a membership and available for rental, just as the Student Recreation Center is.
It is a shame that the Missourian took this approach to the story about the area swimmers going to state. It should have just celebrated their accomplishments and their hopes for the upcoming meet. Even though that is what is talked about in the article, you can't tell it from the headline.
whitey11
Once again you are trying to misslead and misinform. It is ashame that you have taken this article that should have only been about the swimmers in the area going to state and turned it into your forum for whining and moaning about the pool.
I know people on both the Gator and SEAL teams. They along with the high school swimmers are NOT completely without a training facility as you say. While it is not ideal, the ones that are worried aobut it are making use of the two fitness pools and others are going to Perryville. Yes this isn't desired on their part, but it is an option. Be thankful they had options. Looking on both teams websites it looks like both are going to Perryville, so no they are not "without a training facility." In addition, the Gators do not have nearly 100 swimmers. From what I am told the Gators are down to around 50 and dropping. Exaggerating the situation is not going to change reality. You need to quit whining and moaning about the pool situation, deal with it and move on. The bubble will eventually be fixed and back in operation and until then the swimers will still be able to swim at these alternate facilities.