Tag Archives: Center of Clayton

Jan 2012

Remembering Wally Lundt: 1927 – 2011

Wally Lundt lived a full life.  For 84 years, Wally did what he loved as he dedicated his life to aquatics and his family. After coaching water polo and swimming for almost 60 years and teaching at CHS for 35 years, Wally passed away on Dec. 26, 2011.  He was a memorable coach, a wise [...]

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Sep 2011

Program teaches infants to swim

Traditionally, lifeguards are taught to jump into action when an infant is struggling in the pool.  This, however, is not the protocol at an infant survival swimming program offered at the Center of Clayton, which teaches infants as young as six-months-old to swim. The goal of the program, according to Master Instructor Chuck Teasley, “is [...]

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Apr 2011

Sharing Center of Clayton with city brings challenges, benefits

During the winter, CHS was plagued with the same boring announcement every day, “The center will be closed this afternoon due to winter-sports training.” Even the people who didn’t use the courts were relieved when the announcement finally stopped. The repeated message did bring up a few questions. After all, why shouldn’t students be allowed [...]

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Mar 2010

Complaints over Center of Clayton ID system shouldn’t focus on employee

Over the past year getting into the Center of Clayton has become quite a hassle. And I have heard many students attributing this difficulty to one of the center’s employees who sits by the door and requests to see IDs. However, is it right to blame this man, when in fact he is simply doing [...]

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