To the Editor:
The swimming pool proposed for Skillings Field would be a wonderful and long-needed addition to the Town of Winchester. While the high school swim team would no longer have to leave town to practice and compete, a good thing, the real winner would be the entire Winchester community: not only student-athletes but children of all ages, whole families, and seniors such as myself.
As a recently retired, long-time resident of Winchester, I would certainly welcome being able to walk to a pool at Skillings Field to swim a few laps from time to time. The pool would do me and many others a world of good.
The Town will provide the land, private donations will provide the money, and the new turf field recently approved by Town Meeting will provide the necessary playing fields.
Sounds like a win-win to me.
Stephen Anderson