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Cool fun at county water park
Browns Mill water park finally opens in DeKalb County in Lithonia
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Fransine Myoike, 7, is sprayed by water as she plays with a mock fire hydrant. At long last, DeKalb County has cut the ribbon on its first major water park, the Browns Mill Aquatic Center in Lithonia. The center comprises three water features on its nearly 35,000 square foot grounds: a tot pool, a "lazy river" and a leisure pool. There is a food concession, bathrooms, showers, picnic tables and inner tubes for floating.
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