IF YOU GO
• General admission between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which includes attendance to the water park and Lake Winnie, is $31.95, $15.95 for children under 2 and senior citizens.• The park features an adventure river with a beach lagoon, a kiddie pool and seven body and tube slides.• Lifeguards are present throughout the water park.
It was a lesson in delayed gratification.
First, before the gate opened, the grown-ups had to give their speeches.
They talked about how Lake Winnepesaukah has been family-owned for four generations, and how the new multimillion-dollar water park, SoakYa, would be a boon to the Catoosa County economy.
Children from Heritage Middle School rode into the ceremony by train, each given a balloon to release at the right moment.