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The wool she weaves Brenda Nicolson of Saanich spins sheep’s wool at Brydon Park during a Music in the Park event. Nicolson brings her spinning wheel to many outdoor events around the municipality and hopes to turn the wool yarn into a pair of socks or something more unique and enter her work in the Needle Arts and Crafts competition at the Saanich Fair, Aug. 30 to Sept. 1. Daniel Palmer/News staff
SWIMMING FREE Swimmer pulls in 8 medals at B.C. Special Olympics Travis Paterson News staff
Aly White can recall when she first arrived in Canada at five years old. She wasn’t just afraid of swimming, she didn’t even want to wash her hands. “I was petrified.” The stressful condition had a lot to do
with the orphanage she came from, says adopted mom Ingrid White of Saanich. Now 27, Aly has long overcome any fears she ever had with water and has blossomed as an accomplished swimmer, thanks to the opportunities made available through the Special Olympics. The freedom of the water gives Aly a break from the symptoms of ADHD, as she finds clarity and a better state of mind. “I would be in the pool 24-7 if I could,” Aly says.
was disqualified, which does happen.” In fact, it happened to Aly, as she might have won a ninth medal but she pulled her arms too low during the breaststroke. “The officials are very precise,” Ingrid says. Aly is busy working as a leader at youth summer camps with the Emmanuel Baptist Church at Cedar Hill Cross and Henderson roads, and is back training often with the Special Olympics at Crystal Pool. “It’s important that my coach Sara Ozog was so hardcore. She pushed me, and I think that’s what some special athletes need, is to be pushed a little more,” Aly says. PLEASE SEE: White looks to Cowichan challenge, Page A23
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“It’s a huge difference,” Ingrid says of seeing how far her daughter has come. White hauled in eight medals (three golds, four silvers and a bronze) at the recent Special Olympics division of the B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo. It was a surprise despite winning three medals at last year’s B.C. Special Olympics in Abbotsford, her first provincial meet. In Nanaimo, White won gold in the 50m freestyle, 100m individual medley, and 50m butterfly, silver in the 200m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 50m breaststroke, and bronze in the 50m backstroke. “I was not expecting eight medals,” Aly says. “Even though I was sitting in (medal) spots for the swims we had to wait all day for the final results, just in case (someone)
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