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NewsJuly 9, 2015

New waterslides open at Cape Splash

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.

Laura Simon and Carol Kellison
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Lyla Craft, left, Ava Watkins, center, and Nora Craft land at the bottom of the new three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer at Cape Splash, Thursday, July 9, 2015. The trio were the first patrons to ride on the new waterslide.The Cape Girardeau Parks and Rec Department opened the new additions of a 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, to the aquatic center on Thursday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Lyla Craft, left, Ava Watkins, center, and Nora Craft land at the bottom of the new three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer at Cape Splash, Thursday, July 9, 2015. The trio were the first patrons to ride on the new waterslide.The Cape Girardeau Parks and Rec Department opened the new additions of a 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, to the aquatic center on Thursday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
CAROL KELLISON ~ photos@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Brooke Witvoet gives a thumbs-up as she splashes in first ahead of Tyler Gibbs on the new three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer at Cape Splash, Thursday, July 9, 2015. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Rec Department opened the new additions of a 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, to the aquatic center on Thursday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Brooke Witvoet gives a thumbs-up as she splashes in first ahead of Tyler Gibbs on the new three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer at Cape Splash, Thursday, July 9, 2015. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Rec Department opened the new additions of a 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, to the aquatic center on Thursday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department opened the new 265-foot-long free-fall slide, 259-foot-long triple-drop slide and a three-Lane 319-foot-long mat racer with 30-foot tower, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, Thursday, July 9, 2015.
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