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October 2011
Current IssueThe Aquatics X Factor
By Kendra Kozen
To fight budget cuts and bring back the masses, aquatics professionals need to unleash the power of water, drawing from lessons of the past and looking to the future.

Editor’s Note: The Aquatics X Factor
By Gary Thill
Like a man with a gun to his head, he needed help and I had information that maybe, just maybe, could help save him. Chances are, you need that same information, that same help.

Bottom Line: Addicted to Subsidies?
By Scott Hester, Counsilman-Hunsaker
Here’s the simple truth: If your facility relies on subsidies, it’s at risk. Follow these five steps to get off the dole and get on the road to recovery.

Viewpoint: Rx for Aquatic Health
By Dr. Bruce Becker, National Aquatics & Sports Medicine Institute
Need to bring in more patrons and shield your facility against budget cuts? A veteran aquatic exercise researcher has the remedy.

LifeSavers: Up to the Test?
By Nick Echtenkamp, Richardson (Texas) YMCA; and Jennifer Pewitt, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Implementing a swim test policy is an easy and effective way to enhance safety at your facility — if lifeguards are properly trained on to how to implement it.

Lessons Learned: Collision Course
By Chad Sierman, Southeast Missouri State University
At loggerheads with an architect over a design decision, an operator reflects on his regrets about not pressing harder.


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