Splish splash: Summer fun at Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar

Erica Dischino / TribuneSummer is in full swing for west central Minnesota. Children beat the heat Wednesday afternoon by cooling off at the Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar. — Erica Dischino / Tribune Summer is in full swing for west central Minnesota. Children beat the heat Wednesday afternoon by cooling off at the Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar.

By Erica Dischino

June 06, 2019 06:01 AM

WILLMAR - Summer is in full swing for west central Minnesota. Children beat the heat Wednesday afternoon and cooled off at the Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar.

1/4: Erica Dischino / Tribune Elias Rodriguez, 7, plays with a frog fountain Wednesday at the Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar.

2/4: Erica Dischino / Tribune Two-year-old Marley Cervantez laughs as the water splashes her and her mother, Alexis Schriener, Wednesday at Rice Park.

3/4: Erica Dischino / Tribune Water spouts out of a fountain while children play beneath it at the splash pad in Willmar.

Erica Dischino / TribuneSisters Makenna Skindelien, left, 9, and Nicole Skindelien, 11, scream before water is dumped on them Wednesday afternoon at the Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar. Temperatures in Willmar climbed to the low 80s Wednesday afternoon, after reaching the upper 80s on Tuesday, and with school out, children are enjoying the warmer temperatures.

4/4: Erica Dischino / Tribune Sisters Makenna Skindelien, left, 9, and Nicole Skindelien, 11, scream before water is dumped on them Wednesday afternoon at the Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar. Temperatures in Willmar climbed to the low 80s Wednesday afternoon, after reaching the upper 80s on Tuesday, and with school out, children are enjoying the warmer temperatures.

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By Erica Dischino

Erica Dischino is a photojournalist for the West Central Tribune and Forum News Service. She grew up in northern New Jersey and has lived in the Midwest since 2017. She enjoys photographing the stories of west central Minnesota from county fairs, parades and pandemics. Feel free to contact her at edischino@wctrib.com or 320-894-8865 with your best photo ideas.

Splish splash: Summer fun at Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar

WILLMAR -- Summer is in full swing for west central Minnesota. Children beat the heat Wednesday afternoon and cooled off at the Rice Park Splash Pad in Willmar.