Free adult swim lessons offered at Splash Park

The Saluki Masters Swim Club, in partnership with the Carbondale Park District, again will offer free introductory swim instruction for adults at the Carbondale Super Splash Park, located at 625 S. Lewis Lane.

After last summer's successful program, during which 42 adults took lessons, the Saluki Masters Swim Club applied for a second grant from the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation of U.S. Masters Swimming.

Certified Adult-Learn-to-Swim instructors will provide 45-minute lessons twice a week for four weeks, with classes on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning June 4 at 6 p.m.; and two classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings beginning June 5 at 9 and 10 a.m.

A second session of classes will begin Monday, July 2 or Tuesday, July 3 for those not enrolled in the first session.

Each participant will get free access to the Super Splash Park for the classes. Free access is limited to the class times, with a limit of one calendar month of free lessons per person. Participants must be at least 18 to enroll, but there is no maximum age. Class sizes are limited in order to keep a 2-1 student/teacher ratio.

For more information, call the Carbondale Park District at 618-549-4222.