Pool progress delayed

Park and recreation personnel Gary Watkins, left, and Jordan Hice, right, take a look at the deep end of the unfinished Gilmer County Swimming Pool last week on a day when crews weren’t working on the project. At the July Board of Commissioners meeting, BOC chairman Charlie Paris said he recently let the project contractor know he’s unhappy with the rate of progress on the pool construction, which was hoped to be finished some time this month. Paris said the contractor is now shooting for August, but “basically, for now, when it’s done, it’s done.”