Summer official begins in Bluffton at 1 p.m. on Friday. That's when the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool opens.

Pool hours are 1 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. daily. The pool's telephone number is 419-358-6991.

Here are admission prices:

Daily adult admission $3
Single season pass (taxpayer) $80
Single season pass (non-taxpayer) $105
Family season pass (taxpayer) $130
Family season pass (non-taxpayer) $180
Single senior citizen pass $40
Couple senior citizen pass $75

Watch the Icon for swim team schedule, swim lesson schedules and Campus Life party schedule.

Managers, head life guards and life guards for the 2011 swimming season were approved by Bluffton council on May 23. The follow persons were hired.

Managers
Chris Malkowski
Holly Bertka
Jared Staley
JoAnne Heaster
Jordan Lehman

Head Life Guards
Abby Lehman
Brittany Carroll
Liz Diller
Seth Heaster

Life Guards
Amber Henry
Andrew Lee
Ava Yoakam
Brittany Hover
Chase Wilson
Delaney Reineke
Emily Born
Jenn Steinmetz
Jessica Brockert
Joseph Bertka
Kaitlin Thompson
Kyla Dawson
Mariah Welch
Morgan Karhoff
Nathaniel Hursh
NIck Horn
Samantha Shrider
Taylor Wenger
Tyler Carroll