While chatting with Roger Kallenberg as we walked his dog around the neighborhood (see "Wall of Sticks", July Advocate), I learned that the SMU rowing team will soon be leaving the Bath House Cultural Center’s basement, where they’ve stored equipment and based practices for several years.
Here’s the scoop: They’re actually moving from the Bath House to the newly-founded White Rock Boathouse as a part of the Boathouse’s “community of recreational rowers” initiative. The Boathouse is currently home to the Woodrow Wilson High School rowing team and the Bishop Lynch High School rowing team, as well as quite a few people who just like to row.
No worries for Bath House fans, though; the cultural center is already looking into ways to fill the space. They’re considering everything from a complete renovation of the area to just letting another group lease it for a while. They’re also looking for ideas from the interested public, so if you’ve got a particularly stellar idea, pick up the phone and give them a ring.
As for the nature of the parting, Marty Van Cleek from the Bath House promises that the center and the team are definitely still friends. “We’ve had a great time with them here, and we’ll certainly miss them, but this will be a really good thing for them. The Boathouse is beautiful, and we’re happy for them.”
