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Lesson seven: Kick, hands, kick, hands
Our novice swimmer goes the distance
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Wednesday marked my second-to-last adult swim lesson at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center. It also marked my first time swimming across the pool, a full 25 yards, from the three-foot side of the pool to the six-foot side. I started the day’s lesson shakily trying to put together the separate arm movement and kick of the breaststroke, with my instructor Max Sumner guiding me along.
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Man shot in leg on Catalina Drive in Gainesville
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A man was shot in the leg Sunday, April 6, on Catalina Drive in Gainesville, police said.
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