Tuesday, October 3, 2023
We are three octogenarians who credit the three-day-a-week aqua aerobics class at the Mountain View Pool with helping us maintain good health well into our 80s.
The vigorous exercise and …
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We are three octogenarians who credit the three-day-a-week aqua aerobics class at the Mountain View Pool with helping us maintain good health well into our 80s.
The vigorous exercise and camaraderie of the aerobics class has supported us through two knee replacements, two hip replacements and one revision, and depression. We work out as hard as we can and we love every minute of it!
Because of the water exercise we are able to maintain an active lifestyle including regular brisk walking and socializing with friends, and we require few medical interventions. Fran’s doctor says that she is “the healthiest 85-year-old that comes into her clinic.”
Port Townsend and Jefferson County have an older population with 47 percent of residents being 60 years or older, according to the latest census.
Mountain View Pool, the only public pool in Jefferson County, is more than 60 years old and is at risk of failing at any time. A viable new accessible pool is an essential tool to help our community stay healthy and vibrant into the future.
Karen Putterman, Fran Klinger, and Jan Fisler
PORT TOWNSEND
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TomT
An average of 43 people per day visit the pool, peaking at 60 people per day in July, 2022 (source: YMCA annual report).
Y'all want to spend $39+ million to build a new pool for so few people? Go right ahead PT, but don't ask me pay for it by extending the city's taxing area out into the county, beyond city limits, by trying to create a "metropolitan" parks district (MPD).
The average price of a house in PT is now $705,000 An MPD would add a new property tax of up to $.75 per thousand, or $529 per year.
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