Swim Club

A Lifelong Passion for the Pool

Swim Club member Linda Blair has had a special connection with swimming her entire life. Except for the ten years she took off while her children were younger, she has spent most of her working years combining swimming with teaching both swimming and water exercises to those of all levels. She spent her career as a special education instructor and combined this with an adaptive swim certification for special needs students.

She began her love of swimming as a high school student and went on to compete and teach while a student at Case Western Reserve University. Her career included training and certifying students, especially helping them enter lifeguard programs.

She was certified to teach youth of all levels, from “guppy” to teenage, high school swimmers, and trainee lifeguards. She participated in the Huntsman Games soon after moving to St. George and was a triathlon participant here (as was one of her sons). She successfully taught swimming while moving around with her family and was able to retain her certifications for many years

Linda describes herself as never being a fast swimmer but attributes her success and lifelong enjoyment of pool time to endurance and technical training. She emphasizes technique, breathing discipline, and making every movement count. When talking about other exercise options, Linda emphasizes how important swimming can be to retain competency in most all other sports.

Linda is a pool regular, and her typical morning includes a water fitness class followed by her lap swimming regimen. Her lap swimming advice to each of us is, “Work on your technique, make every movement count, and you can swim forever!”

In Debt We Trust

Each night we hear news about the US national debt and the need to, once again, raise our debt ceiling. Over thirty years ago, Ross Perot warned that America would face dire consequences if we could not restore fiscal discipline. Since then, the US national debt has grown nearly ten-fold, and the US still has a vibrant economy. The US dollar remains the primary currency used in world trade. Some economists advocate MMT, modern monetary theory. They claim that debt does not matter. Critics of MMT call it “More money today.”

As you might suspect, analyzing American debt is more complex than the rhetoric we hear in the media. There are actually ten forms of debt, some of which are out of control and some of which are not. Ron Smith will identify all ten forms of debt and which ones potentially pose a threat, and which ones don’t. Added to our potential debt crisis, America also runs up a huge annual balance of trade deficits. Is this a form of debt? What are the consequences of running up huge trade deficits?

You won’t want to miss this timely discussion of debt and how it may affect our future. The Ballroom program begins at 5:30pm on Tuesday, June 13th. The doors open at 5pm and you must purchase tickets in advance. The sandwich tickets cost $7.50, and the popcorn tickets cost just $1.50. If you cannot afford tickets, consider going into debt. Well, I hope not! On Thursday, June 15th, we will have a Zoom program for you to attend wherever you have a computer or tablet; the Zoom program starts promptly a 5pm. If you attend, I am indebted to you for your support.

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