I had forgotten Thursday afternoon that the Takena Wading Pool was being removed. By the time I got to my house a few yards from the former pool, the job was done.

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The concrete has been replaced by soil, which will soon be seeded with grass.

For the past year, there’s been talk about a spray feature going in this spot. Rob Romancier, the city’s recreation programs manager, has done a great job exploring two options, which range in price from about $100,000 to $180,000.

It will take a lot of fundraising to make either of those options happen. But I’ll stick with my earlier — and perhaps overly optimistic — prediction that kids will be playing in a new Takena Park “sprayground” in the summer of 2013.