Photo gallery: Ott Family YMCA

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By June, the Ott Family YMCA will sport $3.2 million in improvements.

Ott YMCA makeover

Ott YMCA makeover — Architect's rendering of the OTT YMCA renovation depicts what the finished project should look like. KLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE

Ott YMCA makeover

Ott YMCA makeover — A $3.2 million expansion is taking place at the Ott Family YMCA. Architect Susan Kliman, left, and her mother, Helen Schaefer, who helped raise funds for the expansion, tour the site at 401 S. Prudence Road. JEFFRY SCOTT / ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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Ott Family YMCA — The McClelland family home on West Ruthrauff Road, back when only a few families lived nearby and the mesquite trees stretched all the way to Oracle Road. (Photo courtesy of Norman McClelland) ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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Ott Family YMCA — Work on the swimming pools begins soon at the Ott Family YMCA, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. A $3 million expansion is taking place. The north pool is still open. JEFFRY SCOTT/ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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Ott Family YMCA — Frances McClelland, left, and Priscilla Kuhn were great friends. Both met through the YMCA. Photo courtesy of Priscilla Kuhn. ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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Ott Family YMCA — Architect Susan Schaefer Kliman, left, and her mother, who helped raise funds for the expansion, Helen Schaefer tour the site. JEFFRY SCOTT/ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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Ott Family YMCA — Norman McClelland, now CEO of Shamrock Foods, got acquainted with cows at an early age at the family farm on West Ruthrauff Road. (Photo courtesy of Norman McClelland) ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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Ott Family YMCA — Frances McClelland astride a cow at the family's Shamrock Dairy on West Ruthrauff Road. Frances worked almost her entire life at what would became Shamrock Foods and created a foundation that has poured millions of dollars into Tucson charities. (Photo courtesy of Norman McClelland)

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Ott Family YMCA — Winifred McClelland poses inside of Shamrock Dairy's delivery truck in the dairy's early days on West Ruthrauff Road. The company, later known as Shamrock Foods, moved its headquarters to Phoenix in 1956. (Photo courtesy of Norman McClelland)

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Ott Family YMCA — Photo of the entrance of the Ott Family YMCA located at 401 S. Prudence Ave taken on Dec. 10, 2009 in Tucson, Ariz. The YMCA is having a $3.2 million renovation. Dean Knuth

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Ott Family YMCA — Construction works takes place at Ott Family YMCA,Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. A $3 million expansion is taking place. JEFFRY SCOTT/ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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Ott Family YMCA — W.T. and Winifred McClelland started Shamrock Dairy in 1922 with a few cows and a Model-T delivery truck. (Photo courtesy of Norman McClelland) ARIZONA DAILY STAR

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