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Albert Lea Tribune
February 24, 2018
‘We’re here to serve the
COMMUNITY’
Members of the Tigersharks swim team take part in practice earlier this month at the Albert Lea Family Y. Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune
Albert Lea Family Y encourages healthy living, connections By Sarah Kocher
sarah.kocher@albertleatribune.com
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mplemented and planned changes mean there’s something in the water at the Albert Lea Family Y. That something includes children involved in the Y’s swimming program, which youth, fitness and aquatics Director David Cheeks said is more transparent for parents and easier to understand for instructors after a national revamp in 2017. Executive Director Dennis Dieser said the Albert Lea Family Y has also planned free safety around water training for fifth- or sixth-graders — most likely sixth — next fall. “The goal would be to get every sixth-grader through swim lessons in the community,” Dieser said. See NONPROFIT, Page 2
What’s inside?
Saving souls
A job of service
Advocating for victims
Finding ways to support
St. Casimir’s in place over 100 years. Page 3
Commissioner helps others for a living. Page 3
Man passionate about helping. Page 4
Church gives food to students. Page 4