Show 1 Now It's A Swim-A-Thon special in the events is March 17 for the A everyone has of the marathon track and volleyball and all types of sport-rents which have been to raise money for tes of the for the has been instigated Bountiful Sharks Swim purpose of the event is ise money to install a ble divider in the pool to be conflicted on North and 2nd in The pool is planned to be a 50 meter Olympic size The divider would provide two 25 meter pools for training of teams and lots of other needs of the swimming the divider could be removed to use the pool full length for meets and recreation That's the THE SHARKS team is very anxious to do their so they have scheduled a Swim-a-thon to raise money to start the ball Swimming Hall of Fame have been organized throughout the country and consist of hundreds of children swimming as far as they can with merchants and other civic minded citizens putting anywhere from a penny to fifty dollars per 25 yard pool length that the participant can IF AN 8 year old comes knocking on your remember he is going to do the and you are merely getting your 2 cents worth per After the swim on March 17 the swimmer will be back to By the national Swim-a-thon the swimmer is limited to lengths or two hours in the which ever comes Seventy percent of the money goes to the local twenty percent goes to support the International Swimming Hall of Fame and five percent goes to the International Travel Fund and the remaining five percent to the charity or parent organization of the group running the THE International Swimming Hall of Fame is the first amateur hall of fame supported entirely through public subscription and the first Hall of Fame is the 1 United States International and Olympic The Hall of Fame is a shrine that honors great swimmers of the past and promotes better swimming and water safety in the present and Swim-a-thon is a national crusade stimulating swimming for health and swimming being the greatest exercise there according to medical To coin a you can't support a better sport to save your LOCAL officials have concerned to assist with the with Chief of Police Dean Anderson to work at and Mayor Morris Mayor Jerry Thompson of West Bountiful and Mayor Noel J. Williams of Woods Cross to swim in the first heat of the To follow these men will be Ira Jack Bruce Reed Bill Col Bob Roland all Bountiful City SOUNDS LIKE a great event to so make sure March 17 is circled on your calendar of It should be a very entertaining and interesting |