Farrell Snyder, who has been involved with the Northern Lehigh pool for 31 seasons, 25 years as manager, is retiring at the end of this season.

Snyder not only was the manager, but also performed the general maintenance, including opening up and closing down the pool each year.Snyder, along with his wife, Audrey, did all the scheduling of the students for the lifeguards, snack stand, office and maintenance.Everyone will surely miss them, as they were the face of the pool.In addition to the Snyders, the secretary and treasurer are retiring after many years of service to the pool.The pool will also be losing the grant writer and communication person, as he is relocating this year.Unless a new team comes forward to run the pool or a municipality takes over the pool, it will not open next year.The consequence will be that there will not be a swim team, swim lessons, aerobics, swim parties, or lifeguard training.The pool employs about 20 Northern Lehigh students each year during the summer for the various positions.Since the pool was opened in 1963, the pool has been run by volunteers from the community.Over the past several years, the board has tried to attract new members without success.