Photos: Beating the heat in Northeast Ohio

Shaylyn Dixon, sprays children participating in the Mason Park Community Center's Fun Camp with water after they slid across a water soaked tarp to keep cool Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. The Mason Park Community Center is one of four "cooling centers" in the city that will be open from 8:30am-9pm Friday and Saturday for those who need to escape the heat. [Karen Schiely/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com]

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Chatasia Davis, 14, left, and her brother Chris Davis, 16, toss and are hit by water balloons during day camp at the Patterson Park Community Center to keep cool Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. The Patterson Park Community Center is one of four "cooling centers" in the city that will be open from 8:30am-9pm Friday and Saturday for those who need to escape the heat. [Karen Schiely/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com]

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Dominic Jackson, left, and Donell Council, rear, go after the football as Kamareon Jackson, right, watches during a game of catch at Perkins Woods Pool on Thursday July 18, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. The pool has been averaging about 200 visitors a day. [Mike Cardew/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com]

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Dogwood Pool in North Canton was packed with people on a hot summer day, July 19, 2019.(CantonRep.com / Ray Stewart)

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Zayvion Jones, 10, jumps in the small pool as an unidentified boy waits his turn to jump in at Perkins Woods Pool on Thursday July 18, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. The pool has been averaging about 200 visitors a day. [Mike Cardew/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com]

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Dogwood Pool in North Canton was packed with people on a hot summer day, July 19, 2019.(CantonRep.com / Ray Stewart)

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Miles Marshall (7) runs through a water hose as Kolton Osborne (11) waits his turn at the Planting Seeds of Hope's school-age kids summer program in Massillon. (IndeOnline.com / Kevin Whitlock)

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Children participating in the Mason Park Community Center's Fun Camp slide across a water soaked tarp to keep cool Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. The Mason Park Community Center is one of four "cooling centers" in the city that will be open from 8:30am-9pm Friday and Saturday for those who need to escape the heat. [Karen Schiely/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com]

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Dogwood Pool in North Canton was packed with people on a hot summer day, July 19, 2019.(CantonRep.com / Ray Stewart)

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Children participating in the Mason Park Community Center's Fun Camp slide across a water soaked tarp to keep cool Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. The Mason Park Community Center is one of four "cooling centers" in the city that will be open from 8:30am-9pm Friday and Saturday for those who need to escape the heat. [Karen Schiely/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com]

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Viet Hoang keeps a shirt over his head and neck to protect from the suns powerful rays as he swept up grass clippings in front of his property on Lincoln Way East in Massillon Thursday. (IndeOnline.com / Kevin Whitlock)

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Jeff Mourton, Community Center Coordinator for the City of Akron's Recreation division moves bottles of water to the kitchen at the Patterson Park Community Center Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. The center is one of four "cooling centers" in the city that will be open from 8:30am-9pm Friday and Saturday for those who need to escape the heat. [Karen Schiely/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com]

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