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Jones wraps up last summer at the Kimball swimming pool

Brooke Jones has worked at the Kimball Public Pool for the past seven summers. Unfortunately, this will be her last summer working at the pool, but she is leaving having learned and taught some valuable lessons.

In the summer of 2007, Jones got her first job, as a lifeguard at the Kimball Public Pool.

"I guess it was the cool thing to do. Everyone wanted to be lifeguards at the pool. I really liked to swim at the time, and it just seemed like it would be a fun first job," Jones said.

What Jones hadn't anticipated was that her interest in lifeguarding would grow. She did graduate high scho...