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The Parks and Recreation Department is looking to buy a new large inflatable for the pool, and is asking community members to help raise the estimated $7,000 it will cost to purchase the toy.

The new inflatable is a Loch Ness Monster-looking rubber creature named Nessie, and will take up about half the space of Wrangell’s indoor pool, which is approximately 25 yards long.

Wrangellites will have the opportunity to participate in a swim or walkathon April 14 to raise the funds to purchase Nessie. Participants will request community members pledge money for however many number of laps they swim o...