Month: May 2014
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‘Ditch the Ditches’ campaign kicks off with free swim passes, new mascots
See KOB You can now pick up free swim passes for your kids to use at the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County pools. It’s part of the Ditch the Ditches program and this year it’s getting a new look and mascots. The program is also handing out more than 50,000 free swim passes with…
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Swimmer allegedly bites county marine patrol officer
Read Daily Commercial An intoxicated 40-year-old swimmer pushed her luck by splashing a county marine patrol officer, then ran out of luck by biting him, an arrest report states. Sheriff’s deputies on marine patrol at the Silver Glen Run near Astor said they spotted Amy Allen swimming in a boating lane with a pool float…
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Ex-swim coach Tucker E. Smith guilty of sex-related offenses
Read TimesDispatch The former assistant coach at a Hanover County swim club was found guilty Tuesday in Hanover Circuit Court of sex-related offenses against a juvenile swimmer that he’d known since her early childhood. Tucker E. Smith, 24, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 29.
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‘No Swimming’ Signs Placed at Balch Springs Pond After Child Drowns
See NBCDFW Concern is growing that more could have been done to prevent a child’s drowning in a Balch Springs pond last week. Tamia Johnson, 9, drowned on May 18 while swimming in a retention pond at the new Walter E. Luedeke Park, located in the 3200 block of Hickory Creek Road. “I don’t understand…
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Family has close encounter with sharks at Smyrna Beach
See Click Orlando A New Smyrna Beach man recorded video of sharks just feet from young swimmers over Memorial Day weekend and posts it to YouTube, where it’s gained more than 7,000 views. The video shows the danger lurking off the coast in waist-deep water, right off of New Smyrna Beach Inlet. “I noticed a…
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Tennessee swim camps to feature Olympic Gold Medalists
See WBIR The University of Tennessee swimming and diving camps begin next week at the Allen Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. Olympians abound at this year’s Tennessee swim camps. Three traditional camps will be held during June and each will feature one or two American Olympic swimmers as special guests. Ryan Lochte will be at Camp…
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Palm Harbor man dies saving his drowning dog
See 10News A man and his best friend — a relationship so close the man gives his own life to save his 3-year-old Yorky name Rascal. “He loved golfing. He loved people. He had a lot of good friends,” says Roy Carlson, John Patti’s neighbor. (video autoplays, therefore pushed below the break)
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AquaNotes: the waterproof notepad designed for the shower (and swimmers?)
Read London24 Ever had a great idea in the shower which has vanished by the time you’re out?
 Hundreds of scientific breakthroughs must have been missed in this way, millions of birthday presents forgotten and novel ideas lost.
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Sink or swim: students participate in Cardboard Boat Regatta
See WECT It was sink or swim Tuesday as students from Wilmington Academy of Arts and Science took part in the Cardboard Boat Regatta at Echo Farms Pool. Students were teamed up in their science classes to build boats only out of cardboard and clear packing tape. The goal was to put two passengers in…