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PRESCOTT - The down- side of getting a generous grant for the town swim- ming pool is that taxpayers get the wrong impression, according to Patsy Adams Warnock, chair of Prescott's Joint Park and Recreation District. Some might think they no longer need to pitch in, she said.

To the contrary, the swimming pool's annual maintenance and operations levy relies as much as ever on a critical super-majority of at least 60 percent in the upcoming general election on Nov. 5.

The levy calls for about the same amount as last year - $110,000 - to operate the pool in 2014. That trans- lates to 40 cents pe...