The Orca April Newsletter is now online and has been placed in your folder at the TL Rec Center. To read the color version, visit www.tlorca.org.
 

SWIM MEETS & PARENT PARTIES

THIS IS YOUR WAKE-UP CALL! 7am TEAM PICTURE & LV MEET, SAT., 6/5: Alison Winder, Picture Day Coordinator, reminds us that Shooting Stars productions will be at our TL pool June 5th for the ORCA Picture Day! For those of you who are unfamiliar with this group, they do a very nice job on the group, individual and buddy photos.  

The team photo will be taken before the home meet against Lucas Valley. All swimmers and coaches are to be ready at 7:00 AM SHARP for the Orcas team photo on the basketball court area. This means that the swimmers must get to the pool before 7 AM to get ready.  Orca "gear" or team racing suits should be worn.  

Since the team photo will be taken before warm-ups (both TL and LV), it is imperative that we be on time. If your swimmer is late, his or her face will not be "photo-shopped" or otherwise digitally inserted into the photograph! (EDITOR’S NOTE: IF YOU CHOOSE TO SNOOZE OR WATCH MORNING NEWS, YOU LOSE!)

Individual and "buddy" photos will be taken through the morning while the meet is in progress. It is your responsibility to get your children and the order form to the photo check-in table. There will not be any late or make-up photo opportunities. You will receive an envelope for ordering photographs in your parent folder week of 5/31.

If you have any questions, contact her at: winderland1@yahoo.com or at 479-1555.  Thank you for your cooperation.
 
 

SIGN UP FOR EVENTS WELL IN ADVANCE: Carol O’Connell, 9/10 Mom Coordinator, reminds all Orcas to sign up well in advance for upcoming meets. This is especially important for families new to the Orcas this year. The sign-up book is at the pool Mondays and Tuesdays, then it’s needed by the coaches for each swimmers’ seeding.

NEXT HOME MEET: ROLLING HILLS, SAT., 6/12 –– Our fourth consecutive home meet will be next week. Be here by 730 for practice. Meet begins at 830. Should be over by 1pm. Will the Orcas continue to swamp the other swimmers? Will our home meet win streak remain intact? Tune in, jump in and find out on June 12^th.

GO ORCAS!!!

2 SHEETS TO THE WIND… Get ready for our annual Parent Party/Silent Auction, Sat., 6/12, from 6-11pm, at the historic “Parthenon” among the ruins of St. Isabella’s. Join us for a “Feast of the Gods” featuring fine Greek food, heavenly drinks, exciting Auction items, and entertainment by DJ Terri deLangis.

Wrap yourself in your most colorful and creative toga to compete in the Olympic Toga Event. (Some assembly required.) Visit www.tlorca.org for info on how to make a toga out of a 4x6 piece of material, but not a sheet. Tickets are $25/person ($30 at the door). No Host Bar (adults only).

And don’t forget to bring your checkbook as we kick off the heralded Silent Auction. The Auction co-chairs, Carol Oakes and Carol O’Connell, already have over $7,500 worth of terrific auction items to bid for, including:

Jim Rogers & Mitch Pasquin will be taking high-resolution 8x10 digital portraits to preserve the toga party memories (for possible blackmail) for years to come.

For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Rose Chavira at 415-491-1688, rosechavira@yahoo.com, or send a check for $25/person by June 5 to:
Rose Chavira, Parent Party Co-Chair, 705 Pine Lane, San Rafael, CA 94903.

HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR! Congratulations to the following swimmers who have qualified to compete in the Marin Swim  League All-Star competition on June 20^th:  Morgan Saling, Kaitlin McKeogh, Madalyn Kenney, Haley Jacobson, Alexis Tye, Eric Campagna, Chad Sambell,  Maya Hallstein, Amanda Gandy, Zoe Lewis, Erin O’Connell,  Alex Claiborne, Gavin Pauley, Alan Winder, Cecilia Cacciatore, Kayla Coffee, Gina Paoli, Emma Reppun, Katrina Bess, Brendan Crotty, Austin Oakes, Christina Claiborne, Kristen Brown, Hannah Oakes, Nicholas Pauley, Colin Green, John Ross, Nicole Brown, Caitlin Green, Elsie Spaulding-Namnath, Jaci Eipp, and Bob Harris.` There are still two meets to qualify for this event, so, GO ORCAs!!!!!

PRESIDENT’S CORNER, By Lisa Claiborne  & Jim Rogers

Our practice season has shown just how awesome you ORCAs are. We have had outstanding attendance at practice and some highly productive clinics. Beginning this week, we will have more pool lanes available to us at all practices so there won’t be as much inadvertent kicking and crashing in the lanes!  Our 1^st home meets exhibited to all of us the great accomplishments of our swimmers, with over 170 best times at each meet.

We would like to extend a huge welcome to our high school swimmers who have recently joined us after the completion of their high school competition.  Our team totals are now as follows:  8 & Unders: 64, 9-10s: 62,  11-12s: 41, 13-14s: 28, and 15-18s: 15. 

Our grand total is 210 ORCA swimmers!  

Get ready for more exciting competition. Parents, both “veteran” and “rookie”, ask lots of questions and CHEER for your swimmers.  Swimmers, do your best and CHEER for your teammates!  Most importantly, come to the practices and meets with a good attitude and HAVE FUN!

Lisa and Jim

SO LONG, SWIMARIN. Happy trails to our friends –– as they shift to practicing at the TL High School pool –– until we meet again on 7/10 at our final home meet.

JAMBA JUICE GIFT CERTIFICATES are now being awarded  to any swimmer who achieves 3 best times in a single meet. They’ve been awarded for the Tidalwaves meet, and will soon be awarded for the Novato meet and each meet thereafter. Remember that in order to get a best time, you must already have a time in that event from this season. First time swims don’t count!  So, get 3 best times and you can get a free Jamba Juice! Many thanks to Jamba Juice for making this possible for us. 

"SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK.” These swimmers have been chosen by the coaches to be recognized each week for their outstanding effort during that week’s practice or meet. Photos of the three weekly winners are prominently displayed the following week for all to see. Be sure to check out the poolside display case each week for new “swimmers of the week.”  The next picture up there could be YOURS.

ORCA NEWS

A MIRACLE IN PROGRESS WITH BRIAN JACOBSON!!!

Here’s an update on Brian’s condition since his skiing accident. He has been immobile but has now started moving both his legs and one arm! Please send your cards to: Brian Jacobson, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Ave., San Jose, CA 95128.  Attn: Rehab Trauma Unit.

BETTER BY THE DOZEN: THE ORCAS’ BABYSITTING LIST

 UPCOMING ORCAS EVENTS:

• Sat., June 5 –– Home meet vs. Lucas Valley & 7 am Team Picture;
• Sat., June 12 –– Home meet vs. Rolling Hills: 830 am – 1230pm;
  Parents’ Toga Party/Silent Auction @ St. Isabella’s, 6-10pm
• Sat., June 19 –– Away meet @ Strawberry
• Sun, June 20 –– All-Stars, Indian Valley College, 8am - Noon
• Sat., June 26 –– Away meet @ Scott Valley
• Sun., 6/27, Concord Waterworld, 10am-6pm for a day of fun, fun, fun in the sun!

 Please welcome our newest advertiser, Bernard Retornaz: www.BurgundyandBeyond.com . See their ad on the next page.

SUN., JUNE 6^th: 11am-4pm: SPECIAL TIME TO WORK ON YOUR ALBUMS! New ideas, new products, new friends, new raffles, new fun! Send $16 to Felicia. Extra raffle tickets will be given for registering a friend. Bring an album to share, making a page with any new product, using any shape maker, and for the first 10 registrations received. Special drawing for an album from all 2004 coordinators of home class/home show, from 1/1/04-6/30/04. Here’s your opportunity to get a Father’s Day Album, a School Times Album, or any other project you’re working on or need help starting. All on June 6^th. Location is: 827 Pine Lane, Terra Linda (one block from the pool). To register, contact Felicia Schonborn Young, 499-1914. Visit her Website: www.creativememories.com/fschonbornyoung