Weekly Update

Many thanks to the following individuals who made our picnic a smooth success: Shawna Lingo/Cathi Sander, who, in turn, organized their crew of Whitney Campbell, Marylin Stoops, Vicki Polanco, Nora Fanning, Peg/Bill Luehrmann, Andrea Montague, Kathy Ferrara, Denise Siegel, Molly Hazelbaker, Matt Luehrmann, Laurie and Steve Myers, and Maria Holaday to put on a fun picnic for all. Thank you also to our teenage face painters! It was funny to see that by the end of the picnic an entire  table of little ones were painting each other! In addition, thank you to Y Facilities Director Jerry Mack and his crew of workers for erecting the dome in record time – a very big project!  Along with this group came our own volunteers who prepared the dome by: installing the bulk-head (long hours of water time), hanging team banners, installing scorer’s table, setting up the sound system, plus general clean-up and set-up.  Many thanks to Greg Howell, George Hardewig, Denise & John Siegel, Keith Ferrara, Mark Lingo and Rob Hazelbaker for their time and efforts. We also appreciate the ongoing efforts and communication of Aquatic Director, Jacob Brooks, who has been very helpful in monitoring the chlorine and cleanliness in the dome. Shawna Lingo has some leftover platters and spoons in case anyone is missing them.

If you still need to order a team suit, equipment or just get a jump on holiday gift ideas, Kastaways will be in the dome on Friday, Oct. 9^th from 4:30-7:30pm. We changed the location of suit up from the exercise room to the dome due to the high volume of families who purchased most of their items at the picnic.

Our annual team pictures are scheduled for either Monday, Oct. 12^th or Tuesday, Oct. 13^th. Please see the website for details as to when your particular group’s picture is scheduled as well as the form you will need to fill out and turn in on the day of pictures. Look under the EVENTS section.

We have 29 new families this season! These families either started with us this summer or are new this fall. We will be holding a new parent meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 21^st at 6:00pm in the big room downstairs at the Y. This is a good meeting to attend to find out more about the team, our philosophy, goals, and structure,etc.

Our first meet will be on Saturday, Oct. 24^th at our YMCA. General meet information has been posted to our website under this event. More detailed information will be posted when it becomes available to us. The deadline to register your child for this meet is this Friday, Oct. 9^th!!

Our annual swim-a-thon is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 26^th. Please see our website (home page) for the time slots for each practice group. Your group’s age group coordinator will be contacting you as to food/drink items they need supplied for this event. All forms associated with this event are also available on our website. It is each family’s responsibility to print these and turn them in on time along with any checks/cash. New this year: we are not billing any businesses!! Therefore, you will need to collect money upfront from businesses that give you ads for the Larry Lyons Heat Sheet. If you do not get the money at the beginning, it will be your responsibility to collect and turn in this money by Oct. 26^th.All heat sheet covers have been sold!!

If you have any interest in becoming an official, please contact Jon Saxton for more details. His e-mail is: jsaxton@rendigs.com. 

Our YMCA is hosting their annual Special Olympics Swim Meet on Saturday, Nov. 14^th in the afternoon. If you are interested in helping out, please contact the swim team office at 474-1400. They are asking for volunteers who are 8^th grade and above. Last year several of our swimmers helped walk athletes to the block, time, and hand out awards. This is a good opportunity for attaining service hours for National Jr. Honor Society and National Honor Society.