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by By Rebecca Morris Staff Writer Grayson County News Gazette

Leitchfields Freedom Fest will be stressing freedom this year at least for kids.

During a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 28, Leitchfield tourism director Ilsa Johnson said this Julys festival will include rides by a different carnival operator and for kids the rides will be free.

Johnson said this years festival will likely just be one day, and will include fireworks and a performance by the band Sixth Floor.

Also Tuesday, the tourism commission:

Met in closed session to review responses from its request of qualifications for consulting services in connection with a new municipal pool. The commission is seeking bids for a professional architectural and engineering study to get a better feel for actual costs for building the type of pool complex it wants. If those numbers work into the commissions budget, it will then seek bids on designing the complex.

The commission wants to build a minimum six-lane pool, seating for 200 people and aquatic recreational areas for children ages 3-12. Their design specifications also call for separate restroom/lockers/showers facilities for men and women, office and vending space, and a reception area.

The field was narrowed down to a short list of three firms that will be invited to do oral presentations. The names of the firms were not being released at press time.

After those presentations, the committee could select a finalist to contract with.

In 2011 the commission, with the help of the city council, bought 30.55 acres across from the existing Carroll Gibson Boulevard, off Wallace Avenue. Together with the city and the Grayson County School District, it plans on developing a recreational complex on the property that will include a swimming pool, four ball fields, a possible amphitheater, and a cross-country path.

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