Love Municipal Pool Opens

Love Municipal Pool opens for the Memorial Day weekend, with public swimming from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Admission is $5 per person for ages 3-64, free for children younger than 3, and $3 for 65 and older.

Day passes to Middle Concho and Spring Creek parks at Lake Nasworthy are available at the entrance gates to those parks for $3 per vehicle for City residents and $6 per vehicle for non-residents. Camping permits cost $6 per campsite per night for City residents and $12 for non-residents, and may also be purchased at the entrance gates and at Spring Creek Marina. Camping permits are always required. Day passes are required on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Labor Day.

At Fort Concho, exercises to honor the nation’s military who have made the ultimate sacrifice will be conducted at 9 a.m. in front of the Headquarters Building at the east end of the Parade Ground. The guest speaker will be Col. Michael Grunwald Jr., commander of the 17th Training Group at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

During the program, the Fort Concho Living History Program and the Sons of the Confederate Veterans will provide the color guard and artillery salute. The free program and reception are organized by the Pocahontas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Fort Concho will be open for self-guided tours on Memorial Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the fort at 325-481-2646 or visit fortconcho.com.

Most City offices will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. City offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 26. There will be no interruption in garbage collection or landfill operations on Memorial Day.

Among the City operations that will be closed for the holiday: Station 618 and Santa Fe Crossing senior centers, Southside and Carl Ray Johnson recreation centers, the McNease Convention Center, the San Angelo-Tom Green County Health Department, Fairmount Cemetery’s business offices, Municipal Court, the San Angelo Nature Center and the San Angelo Animal Shelter.