The month of April has been proclaimed Adult Learn-to-Swim month by the governor of the State of Oregon. The Adult Learn-to-Swim program has been a great success throughout the United States. This was the third year that the program was offered at the Oregon City Municipal Swimming Pool. It is […]
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2 USMS has declared the month of April to be Adult-Learn-to-Swim month. So, the Oregon LMSC hosted three programs this year: in Hood River, Corvallis and Oregon City. Each of the reports that follow is written by those who worked in the various programs. Sandi Rousseau The Adult-Learn-to-Swim program in Hood […]
Adults are Learning to Swim in Oregon
1 High-protein Diets: Trading Your Health for Temporary Weight Loss Once again, medical doctors and the paperback book industry advocating high-protein and fat-laden diets are grabbing the attention of millions of desperate people. “Lose 20 pounds in 30 days!” “Eat all the bacon you want and be thin as a breadstick!” […]
The Keto Diet Revisited High-protein Diets Explained
Ninety Masters swimmers signed up for the Oregon City SCM meet the weekend of March 9 and 10. Meet Director Tim Waud did an outstanding job of hosting this joint meet for USMS and USA swimmers. For some, this meet allowed them to compete alongside their children albeit in different […]
More World Records at Oregon City
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Michelle Macy is to be an inductee (Honor Swimmer) into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2019. Michelle Macy has proven to have few limitations in marathon swimming in terms of distance and water temperature. Michelle set the overall […]
Marvelous Michelle Macy
Willard completed his 2019 USMS one-hour postal swim January 10. Steve Darnell timed for him at Propstra Aquatic Center in Vancouver, WA. He swam 2,852 yards this year. Twenty yards more than his 2,832 yards last year! Just short of his own 2017 National record of 2,885 yards. He held […]
OMS Super-Star Willard Lamb
1 Scott Raphael, N.D. — Cures Type-2 Diabetes by Dr. Scott B. Raphael, N.D. My health problems started even before I was born. My paternal grandparents were grossly overweight. My grandfather, a butcher, always thought that animal protein was the way to good health. As a child, each meal was laden […]
Off the Block: January 2019
Every year we ask our members for nominees for the five OMS Awards described below. This is your opportunity to give recognition to a worthy individual, organization, business or group that has contributed outstanding service to a team or to OMS during 2018. Awardees are announced and celebrated at the […]
Call for Nominations for Annual OMS Awards
2 It was 7:30 in the morning at 4949’ altitude, and 23 Masters swimmers immersed themselves in the 67 degree water of Lake of the Woods between Medford and Klamath Falls. The smoky air of Friday had dispersed, and all waited for starter and race director Matt Miller to say, “Go.” […]