Hot Town, Summer in the City

CITIZEN PATRIOT • ASHLEY MILLER
Alaijah Boyd, 5, center, reacts to a stream of water while standing in a blow-up pool
with cousins Dwayne Hood, 5, right, and Imonii Hood, 3, of Jackson as her
grandmother sprays the kids with a hose Wednesday afternoon outside their home in Jackson.
"We're enjoying the weather in the pool and keeping the kids together,"
grandmother Sarah Iveson said.

Freestyle.

CITIZEN PATRIOT • ASHLEY MILLER
Lindsay Rasmussen, 13, above, and Alexander Dunning, 13, both of Jackson,
swim the 400 freestyle for the Jackson County Aquatic Club during the Rose City Swim
Invitational Sunday morning at the Ella Sharp Park pool in Jackson.

Emma Grace, 11, top center, starts laughing with her teammates from
the Jackson County Aquatic Club Sunday afternoon while relaxing
under the team tent during the Rose City Swim Invitational at
the Ella Sharp Park pool in Jackson.

Megan Mehalco, 12, of Jackson volunteers to keep time during
the Rose City Swim Invitational at the Ella Sharp Park pool in Jackson.