A girl leaps off the high diving board in 100-degree weather into cool waters below at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Water pours onto the heads of kids at the Ontario Splash Park on a 100-degree day in Ontario, Ore. on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
Kids cool off in a competitive game of pool basketball at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
A kid takes cover from the sun under a mushroom-shaped fountain at the Ontario Splash Park on a 100-degree day in Ontario on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
Lifeguard Mikayla Cooper watches over the Vale Swimming Pool, whistle at the ready, on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Anara Haynie, 10, sits under a fountain at the Ontario Splash Park on a 100 degree day in Ontario, on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
A young girl swings from the hand rails at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Kids play hand games at the Ontario Splash Park on a 100-degree day in Ontario on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
Peyton and Wyatt wait patiently at the pool counter at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
The Ontario Splash Park on a 100-degree day in Ontario on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
Ten feet in the air, a boy flies off the high diving board at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Kids play Ring Around the Rosie at the Ontario Splash Park on a 100-degree day in Ontario on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
A girl watches another pool-goer jump off the low diving board at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Eight-month-old Amaya at the Ontario Splash Park on a 100-degree day in Ontario on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
Pool-goer Sarah dries off in a towel and the 100-degree sun on the sidelines of the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
A kid stands under a fountain at the Ontario Splash Park on a 100-degree day in Ontario on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
Pool-goer Juan whirls his daughter through the water at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Kids line up for their turn on the high diving board, which stands at 10 feet above the water, at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Kids line up for their turn on the low diving board at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Pool-goers line up at the pool counter, where they can borrow goggles, basketballs, and other equipment – or exchange crisp dollar bills for snacks – at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
A lifeguard watches over pool-goers at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
John Saunders, Phil Casser, and other friends fight for the ball in a game of pool basketball at the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
Before jumping in the pool, Ally and Xavier load up on sunscreen in the shaded sidelines of the Vale Swimming Pool on June 27, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
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