Church paying admission to pool for first 200 kids

YOUNGSTOWN — Victory Church in Liberty is offering free admission to Youngstown’s North Side Pool to the first 200 kids to show up starting at 1:45 p.m. today, said Robert Burke, the city’s park and recreation director.

Admission for children to the pool is $1.

The church is also providing free hot dogs and bottled water to those kids, Burke said.

Mayor John A. McNally is paying for 50-cent ice-cream cones at the nearby Dairy Queen for the kids.