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So the retired trial judge had an In fact, people I haven't talked to pool, but it’s not just a pool; it’s so
idea. His neighborhood in Morris, in years call “and congratulate much more than that.”
Minn., had a lot of kids but no me on having a pool.” He has met
swimming pool. Davison, an avid neighbors he hardly knew before The pool was not cheap to install,
swimmer, and his wife had bought and grown closer with the ones he but Davison’s home insurance
the house in 1991, and they had did know. company said his premium would
considered putting one in the back not go up. And he is strict about
yard but had never gotten around Neighbor Jessica Huebner said safety.
to it. “When we were in our 60s we when she first heard of the plan, she
thought of it, but we didn’t think didn’t think he was serious. “I was “I have a set of rules, of course,
we’d live this long,” he said. just thinking, it’s fun to talk, but at being a lawyer,” he said (he is also
the age of 94 would you really do it?” a pilot and plays tuba in three local
Now, at 94, he thought, why not? bands). There are no lifeguards,
When Davison said it was going to so children 12 or under must come
Running the idea by some be for all the neighborhood kids, with a parent or grandparent, and
neighborhood kids clinched it. including her four children, “That’s anyone under 18 must have an adult
“They were so excited about it, when it really sank in. I was like, present.
because they knew I’d let them wow. You just don’t have that in
in, and I decided, ‘That’s enough today’s society, that amount of “Even an adult in there shouldn’t be
incentive right there.’ ” kindness.” there by themselves,” he said.

So in the spring, construction began Huebner said she has already seen Davison is exempt from that rule,
on a 32-by-16-foot heated pool, ripple effects among adults, as well however, thanks in part to his age.
complete with diving board, and in as children, as they gather there.
July it was done. “I go in by myself,” he admitted with
“As a neighborhood we’re getting a chuckle. “If I had a heart attack
Now, on sunny days, Davison’s yard out of our day-to-day routines to and died in the pool, what a way to
is rarely quiet. About 5 to 10 local make the time to visit with each go. It certainly beats cancer.”
kids are there, swimming and other and get to know each other,”
diving. “There’s a lot of noise and she said. “(Davison) says it’s just a Magda Jean-Louis contributed to
splashing about, and that’s good,” this report
he said.

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