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<div><b>LAURA VAL MASTERS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR</b></div>
<div>Swimming World Magazine has judged Laura Val of Tamalpias
Masters, the 2007 Masters Swimmer of the year. Laura set 8 LCM World
Records and 14 SCM records. Runners up included Margery Meyer (TOC)
and Rober Strand (TOC).</div>
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</x-tab>http://www.swimmingworld.com</div>
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<div><b>PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters Swimming Short Course Championships will be
held 11-13 April 2008 at the Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center,
Pleasanton, California. The Championships are being organized by
the Tri Valley Masters and the Walnut Creek Masters.</div>
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<div>At the Championships we will honor the age group swimmer of the
year, the Male and Female Swimmer of the year, The Distinguished
Service Award, the Personal Achievement Award, and the Contributor of
the year.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>USMS Executive Director
Search</b></font></div>
<div>United States Masters Swimming (USMS) seeks a qualified candidate
for the position of Executive Director. Reporting to the Board of
Directors, this person will supervise USMS staff and contractors and
be responsible for the overall operations of USMS, including managing
finances, soliciting and stewarding sponsors, raising awareness of
Masters swimming, creating and providing additional services to the
membership, and growing our organization. USMS seeks a leader who
cares deeply about the organization's mission and values and who
brings experience in operational supervisory management. A complete
job description and a list of qualifications may be found by
contacting Anderson & Associates. Applications must be received no
later than April 15, 2008, and may be sent to Anderson &
Associates at dka@andersonexecsearch.com.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>PAUL CARTER SEEKS TO MAKE OLYMPIC
TRIALS</b></font></div>
<div>Pacific Masters swimmer Paul Carter of WACM is hoping to make the
Olympic Trials cut to swim the 100m Butterfly. He has a career best
time of 100m and seeks to make the qual time of 56.40. Full Story is
at SwimInfo</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>LIMITED SERVICE PACIFIC MASTERS
OFFICE</b></font></div>
<div>Our registrar, Nancy Ridout, will be out of the office from April
9th until April 25th at the FINA World Championships in Perth, and
again from April 30th through May 5th at the USMS National
Championships in Austin. The office will be manned most days,
registrations processed, cards sent out, videos processed, and phone
calls returned.</div>
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<div>Also at Perth will be PacMasters chairman, Michael Moore and Vice
President of Operations, Barry Fasbender.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>STROKE CLINICS - DAVIS</b></font></div>
<div>Davis Aquatic Masters will hold it's Spring Stroke Clinics at the
Civic pool, corner of 5th and B.St. in Davis from 1-2:45
pm on the following dates:</div>
<div>Sat. May 3 Freestyle, Sat. May 10 Backstroke, Sat. May 17
Butterfly, Sun. May 18 Breaststroke. Clinics are oriented for the
novice masters swimmer and include video presentation, stroke
explanations and in water drills. DAM coaching staff and swimmers will
help individuals in the water. Cost is $10, prepaid, for non-DAM
swimmers, $15 at the door . Contact Coach Rick Powers for details
at rpswimmer@hotmail.com </div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>CANCER SURVIVORS</b></font></div>
<div>Susan Helmrich, and Judy Struass masters swimmer, and
cancer survivors are organizing a Forum at Nationals in Austin for
Cancer survivors. Janel Jorgensen, 1988 Olympian and Executive
Director of Swim Across America has graciously agreed to be the
speaker. They are working on a specific time and location for
her talk but it will be after the competition on Friday evening,
May 2. They would like a good turnout Contact Judy Straus
judystrauss at sbcglobal dot net for more
information.</div>
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<div><b>SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS</b></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters executive committee met in December to review
where Pacific Masters is going and what can be done to improve our
service to our members. There was much discussion, and we want to
share our ideas with the membership. The committee will be discussing
the Mission Statement and the goals at the April meeting, and would
welcome you input. You can make comments directly to me by email, or
may attend the Meetings</div>
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ONLINE REGISTRATION</b><br>
If you have not registered for Pacific Masters, you can register on
line. It is quick and easy and you can do it in the privacy of your
home. To compete you must be a current member of United States Masters
Swimming, if you go to a meet to register and compete, you will just
stand in line longer. By registering now you will get the USMS Swimmer
and all the benefits of being a member, besides belonging to a group
that has great people.</div>
<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/onlineRegistration.shtml</div
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<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS BY THE
NUMBERS</b></font></div>
<div>Members<x-tab> </x-tab>3/31/08 6,643</div>
<div>Clubs:<x-tab> </x-tab>116</div>
<div>Update:<x-tab> </x-tab>15,090</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BUCK DAWSON (1920-2008)</b></font></div>
<div>Buck Dawson passed away from Heart failure on April 4th. Buck was
a founding member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was a
writer on the history of swimming. There is an article about Buck on
ISHOF web site.</div>
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<div>http://www.ishof.org/news/buck_dawson.htm</div>
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<b>PACIFIC MASTERS 2008 SCHEDULE</b><br>
The 2008 Pacific Masters Schedule has been posted on the web site.<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html<br>
Currently 35 events are planned for the next year. Included in the
schedule are short course yards, long course meters, short course
meters and open water.<br>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div>michael w. moore<br>
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