Famous Players Silver City

Fourth of July tradition continues at swim club

Fourth of July at the West Arundel Swim Club became a tradition of family fun for many families over the past 47 years, and Monday was no exception.

The beautiful day found more than 400 members and guests enjoying the pool, and many games and activities offered for the day. Lifeguards served up sno-cones with a smile, and delivered and lit grills for the delightful Fourth of July barbecues.

The staff also organized volleyball, adult and kids horseshoe tournaments as well as pool games such as Duck Splash, Dive Bomber, the 3-legged swim race, Tied Together and the Family T-Shirt and Socks Relay race. Kids enjoyed a treasure hunt in the pool diving for extra snack bar money and spectators received quite a show in the diving and belly flop contests.

Near the day's end, the swim team raffled off more than $700 worth of donated prizes, and the diehards enjoyed a couple of games of watermelon football.

Winners of the various activities included: Volleyball, Team Billy Has an Itch comprised of Dustin Pierce, Tim Maher, Luke Weiss and Jule Venit; adult horseshoes, Team The Shamrocks, comprised of Dan Jeffers and Bob Jeffers; kid's horseshoes, Team Delta Falls, comprised of Caleb Norsworthy and Keaton Sadoski; Duck Splash, Michael Venit and Olivia Clark; Dive Bomber, Rachel Borczuch and Jason Schneck; Tied Together, Kellianne Venit and Billy Rodgers; Miss West Arundel, Mikayla Norsworthy; Mascot, Evan Stewart; 12 and under diving contest, Colette Pierce and tie between Kyle Nagle and Camden Ward; 13 and over diving contest, Emilee Torres and Jake Harkcom; 12 and under belly flop contest, Emily Wise and Micha Norsworthy; 13 and over belly flop contest, Joanie Noland and Chris Nagle; and family T-shirt and socks relay, Sturgis Family.

The West Arundel Swim Team provided towels and crab feast tickets for the raffle and the following sponsors made donations in support of the swim team: Don Pablos; Red, Hot and Blue; Famous Dave's; Silver Diner; Outback Steakhouse ; Rita's Italian Ice; Hooters; T.G.I. Friday's; Shopper's Food Warehouse; Home Depot ; Fandango; Chick-fil-A; Monster Mini Golf; and Potbelly's.

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Among the main tourist attractions, including Staré Město, some sites related to Franz Kafka, the St. Vitus Cathedral (where the relics of the Catholic Church's most important Bohemian: those of Saints Vitus, Wenceslas Adalbert, and John Sigismund Nepomuceno, patron saint of Bohemia), Charles Bridge (Karlův most), the Lennon Wall, the old Jewish cemetery and the Nové Mesto district of the town hall, Town Hall Novomestská, visited the concentration camp of Theresienstadt. The field of Theresienstadt was originally designed for the imprisonment of privileged Jews from Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria. The town of Terezín was already known for the many artists who were living and the rich cultural life and, after the outbreak of war, many prominent artists, diplomats, scholars and lawyers from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia were deported there, finding, in most cases, death.

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