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The Sheffield City Council held a special meeting Monday night and decided that the community swimming pool will be opening for the season on Friday, June 26.

The Council also adopted a resolution regarding the pool’s season rules, regulations and fees for the 2020 season.

The pool will be open from 1-4 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. each day. It will be closed from 4-5 p.m. for deep cleaning and sanitizing.

Daily rules and regulations will be as follows:

• No hourly breaks

• No shower accesses

• No pool toys will be loaned out

The Geneva Betterment Committee went forward with a modified version of the twice-annual Geneva Market and shoppers responded in spades.

Tonya Sanders, President of the Geneva Betterment Committee, said between Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20, nearly 2,700 shoppers visited the old Geneva school grounds to find unique items and participate in now-rare outdoor summer fun.

“We saw a lot of social distancing taking place but people were really thankful to be able to safely get out,” Sanders said.

Dumont residents and businesses recently teamed up to clean up the city.

Earlier this month, the City of Dumont conducted a city-wide cleanup to allow people to dispose of waste that had accumulated both inside and outside of their homes.

Shelly Zimmerman, who helped organize the event, said the response to the cleanup was overwhelming, both from the standpoint of those who put trash out and those who showed up to help clean up.

“Friday (June 12), I think there were between 14 and 16 wagon loads,” she said.

Three recent Hampton-Dumont-CAL High School graduates recently added a valuable tool to their resumes.